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blunted pyramid blunted pyramid The Blunted Pyramid of King Snefru at Dahshūr, Egypt. Bent Pyramid Snefru's Pyramid The first side of the Palermo Stone, a dark, irregularly shaped stone slab inscribed with rows of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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Snefru: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Added cross-references. Apr 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 09, 2024
Updated dates. Mar 12, 2024
Deleted photograph. Aug 26, 2015
Invalidated site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Snefru. May 06, 2014
Added photograph. Sep 23, 2011
Revised to expand discussion of pyramid construction during reign of Snefru. Aug 23, 2011
Added new Web site: KingTutOne.com - Snefru. Dec 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Ancient Egypt Online - King Snefru and His Missing Mummy. Dec 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Aldokkan - Sneferu. Dec 19, 2008
Added new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Snefru. Dec 19, 2008
Added new Web site: Tour Egypt - Snefru. Dec 19, 2008
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Pharaoh Snefru. Dec 19, 2008
Media added. Oct 31, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 31, 2008
Media added. Aug 14, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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