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0800 -- 1700 daily
entry fee £E20
student entry fee £E10
£E5 for cameras
off Hwy 27
64 km (40 miles) south of
Cairo
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old kingdom
fourth dynasty
pharaoh sneferu
(2613 -- 2589)
220 m square
101 m high
43 º 40' angle
Red Pyramid
After the climb and near-crawling, the burial chamber is a bit of a letdown -- there was never any sign of a true burial here. Sneferu is buried in his other Dashur pyramid, the Bent Pyramid. to the south.
the newly installed lights in the passage to
the burial chamber
the bottom of the burial chamber at the end
of the passage
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