DAHSHUR, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt opened to visitors on Saturday the “Bent” Pyramid built for pharaoh Sneferu, a 101-meter structure just south of Cairo that marks a key step in the evolution of pyramid construction.
Tourists will now be able to clamber down a 79-meter (86 yards) narrow tunnel from a raised entrance on the pyramid's northern face, to reach two chambers deep inside the 4,600-year-old structure.
They will also be able to enter an adjoining 18-meter high “side pyramid”, possibly for Sneferu's wife Hetepheres, opened for the first time since its excavation in 1956.
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