Red Pyramid Corbelled Roof

The red pyramid also called the north pyramid is the largest of the three major pyramids located at the dahshur necropolis in cairo egypt named for the rusty reddish hue of its red limestone stones it is also the third largest egyptian pyramid after those of khufu and khafra at giza it is also believed to be egypt s first successful attempt at constructing a true smooth sided pyramid.

Red pyramid corbelled roof.

The entrance is cut into the north face of the pyramid. The passage leads to two adjoining a third l identical rooms with corbelled roofs. A descending passage leads to a chamber with a corbelled roof. A descending passage leads to a chamber with a corbelled roof.

There is also a third chamber with a corbelled roof 50 feet and it is very rough and sunk below the level of the access passage. You can walk around the complex in peace and quiet and you will take terrific photos inside outside. Visitors climb steps cut in or built over the stones of the pyramid to an entrance high on the north side. The chapel built against the eastern face of the pyramid was finished hastily probably after the death of snofru.

14 x 27 feet with a final corbelled ceiling rising to a height of 50 feet. Explore the crimson pyramid glowing under the sun. It s dimensions are approx. A passage 3 feet 0 91 m in height and 4 feet 1 2 m wide slopes down at 27 for 200 feet 61 m to a short horizontal passage leading into a chamber whose corbelled roof is 40 feet 12 m high and rises in eleven steps.

At the south west end of the chamber a short corridor leads to a further chamber with a corbelled roof which sits directly below the apex of the pyramid. The entrance passage is again the unique typical polar passage it leads down a long sloping corridor to the bedrock and is only 3 11 1 2m high. It is located well above ground level in the core of the pyramid. A passage 3 feet 0 91 m in height and 4 feet 1 2 m wide slopes down at 27 for 200 feet 61 m to a short horizontal passage leading into a chamber whose corbelled roof is 40 feet 12 m high and rises in eleven steps.

What is inside the red pyramid. At the south west end of the chamber a short corridor leads to a further chamber with a corbelled roof which sits directly below the apex of the pyramid. Its corbelled roof goes up to a height of 14 67 m. Visitors climb steps cut in or built over the stones of the pyramid to an entrance high on the north side.

The floor has been systematically removed to a depth of 14 feet in a search for other passageways and chambers in this pyramid.