Snofru’s Northern Red Pyramid

Description

Snofru’s northern Red Pyramid is the largest of the three major pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis and was named after the color of the limestone it was built from. Despite its lower angel ( 43.5 degrees ) and height ( 101 m ), Snofru’s Red Pyramid clearly prefigures Cheops’s edifice, which is also the only pyramids that exceeds it in size. It was probably Snofru’s third attempt at pyramid building, but he was not laid to rest in any of the burial chambers here- all were unused. The interior was open to the public; you can climb up and descend into it to check out its three musty chambers. Electric lighting has been installed but it sometimes fails, so bring a torch. The first two chambers are roughly parallel to each other, but the third is on a higher level and perpendicular to the other two.