Visitors climb steps cut in or built over the stones of the pyramid to an entrance high on the north side.
Red pyramid corbelled roof.
Visitors climb steps cut in or built over the stones of the pyramid to an entrance high on the north side.
It s dimensions are approx.
Explore the crimson pyramid glowing under the sun.
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.
The floor has been systematically removed to a depth of 14 feet in a search for other passageways and chambers in this pyramid.
A descending passage leads to a chamber with a corbelled roof.
The entrance is cut into the north face of the pyramid.
14 x 27 feet with a final corbelled ceiling rising to a height of 50 feet.
Pyramid layout the entrance is cut into the north face 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.
It is located well above ground level in the core of the pyramid.
It will be a very unique experience to visit the red pyramid throughout our cairo day tours as you won t find the same crowds of giza.
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.
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.
Its corbelled roof goes up to a height of 14 67 m.
The passage leads to two adjoining a third l identical rooms with corbelled roofs.
You can walk around the complex in peace and quiet and you will take terrific photos inside outside.
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 chapel built against the eastern face of the pyramid was finished hastily probably after the death of snofru.
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.
Again he passage is too small for a person to walk standing up straight.