Ruler
Sneferu
Founder of the Fourth Dynasty
c. 2613 – 2589 BCE
Approximate regnal dates after Shaw (2000).
Biography
Three pyramids are associated with him: Meidum, and the Bent and Red Pyramids at Dahshur. Through them builders moved from the stepped form to the smooth-sided pyramid.
Key facts
Certainty: Established
The Red Pyramid at Dahshur is among the earliest completed true, smooth-sided pyramids.
- Mark Lehner (1997) “The Complete Pyramids” Thames & Hudson, London