Sneferu - Bent Pyramid Traditional Cache
captphil: Time to put this one to rest. 😴
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Near the counties main limestone Quarry. Be alert for big trucks in the general area. Cache site is on an old rail-bed near a bridge. Rugged terrain for about 100ft. BYOP.
This cache was placed as part of THE NCOG SPHINX SPRING SPREE! a road rally event on May 7, 2011.
The Bent Pyramid, also known as the Rhomboidal or Blunted Pyramid, attests to an even greater increase in architectural innovations. As the name suggests, the angle of the inclination changes from 55° to about 43° in the upper levels of the pyramid. It is likely that the pyramid initially was not designed to be built this way, but was modified during construction due to unstable accretion layers. As a means of stabilizing the monolith, the top layers were laid horizontally, marking the abandonment of the step pyramid concept. The internal components of the Rhomboidal pyramid have also evolved. There are two entrances, one from the north and another from the west. The subterranean chambers are much larger, and distinguished by corbel walls and ceilings with more complex diagonal portcullis systems in place. J.P Lepre asserts: It is apparent that with the interior design of the Bent Pyramid the architect was groping and experimenting, taking maximum advantage of the huge volume of the monument (50 million cubic feet), the largest pyramid constructed to that date.
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