Revenge of the Bent Pyramid

The Bent Pyramid of Sneferu in Dahshur is most commonly considered a failure by 20th & 21st century Egyptologists. Common reasons for this explanation are the change of angle in the slope of the pyramid, the present disarray of the Upper Chamber, the slipped joint in the descending passage, the existence of two cracks on the east face, and the many patches inserted into the casing stones.

But could the search for flaws be the result of a Historian's Fallacy?

This video looks at thousands of casing stones on the Bent Pyramid to see if the damage matches the traditional story of Egyptology, or if another explanation is supported by evidence. Finally, the history of the Red Pyramid is scrutinized to see if either Dahshur Pyramid is really more advanced than the other.

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Thanks to the Isida Project for photos: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/

Thanks to Keith Hamilton for his Bent Pyramid guides and graphics:
https://keithhamilton.academia.edu/re...

Thanks to Staffan Qvist for finding James Dawkins' forgotten pyramid testimony.

Thanks to @Anyextee, Kamil Alaa and Sebastien for photos of the Bent & Red Pyramids.
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Thanks to Colin Reader for a photo of the Bent Pyramid's North entrance.


Quotations Sources:

Kenneth Feder on X/Twitter:
https://x.com/fiftysitesbook/status/1...
https://x.com/fiftysitesbook/status/1...

Peter James "New Theory on Egypt's Collapsing Pyramids" Structure Magazine May 2013 Pp. 34-35

Franck Monnier "New Light on the Architecture of the Bent Pyramid" Nile Magazine #20 June-July 2019 Pp. 50

John Shae Perring “Pyramids to the Southward of Gizeh: Part III” London, 1842

James Dawkins "Wood 5" Robert Wood (1751)
https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/9479/

John Romer "The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited" University Press Cambridge, 2007 Pp. 3

Saturday Night Live S50 "Banger Boyz"
   • Banger Boyz - SNL  


Graphics Sources:

Franck Monnier "Scanning survey of the inner arrangements of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur" October 2023
https://www.academia.edu/108754542/_S...

Rainer Stadelmann "Die Pyramiden des Snofru in Dahschur" MDAIK #39 1983

Unearthed S04E02 "Mystery of the Cursed Pyramid" 2016

Ancient Egypt: Chronicles of an Empire S01E05 2022

Time Scanners S02E03 "Egyptian Pyramids" 2014

Legends of the Pharaohs S01E02 "Curse of the Pyramids" 2021

Giovanni Borra sketches 1750-1751
https://collections.britishart.yale.e...

Ancient Civilizations Series 1 of 6 "New Understandings of the Great Pyramid" Gaia

V Maragioglio & C Rinaldi "L'Architettura Delle Piramidi Menfite" Parte III Tavole, 1964


Soundbite Sources:
"Mysteries of the Pyramids with Dara O Briain" S01E02 2024
Legends of the Pharaohs S01E02 "Curse of the Pyramids" 2021
Egypt Unwrapped S1E05 "Pyramids" 2008
Time Scanners S02E03 "Egyptian Pyramids" 2014
NOVA S46E04 "Decoding the Great Pyramid" 2018


00:00 Introduction
01:40 Failure Narratives
03:19 Upper Chamber Corbels
06:33 Passage Fault
08:28 Foundation Subsidence
09:56 Horizontal Courses
12:45 Bending Light
14:17 Patches & Damage
17:58 Patch Distribution
19:26 Two Cracks
20:51 Corner Clues
22:52 Bulging
24:36 Pyramid Sequence
25:35 Tilted Casing
28:54 Lost Casing
32:55 Pyramidion Angles
34:37 Pyramid Stigma
36:49 Opportunity Cost