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1- Although the reason is not known “ sneferu” the founder of the 4th dynasty and fatten of Cheops again moved the royal necropolis from Saqqara to Dahshour where he built 2 pyramids one known as the bent pyramid or rhmboid and the other as the red pyramid .
2- The bent pyramid owes its name to the fact that half way up, the walls change dramatically from one angle to incline 54 - 30 to another 43ً .
3- The pyramid also has 2 entrances , one on the north side and one on the west leading to 2 chambers covered by a corbelled roof .
4- It has been possible to attribute the second pyramid to Sneferu from some stones facing where his name was found written in red ink .
5- its name derives from the warm colour of the stone at sunset , this is the first monument to have the perfect classical pyramid form.
6- Sneferu also had another pyramid built at Maydum known as the false pyramid and was thus the only soverign to passes 3 altogether.
The new bibliotheca Alexandria
- The idea of reviving the old library dates back to 1974 when a committee set up Alex university selected a plot of land for its new library, between the campus and the sea front , close to where the ancient library once stood .
- The nation of recreating the ancient library was soon enthusiastically adopted by other individuals and agencies one leading supporter of the project was current Egyptian Mohammed Hosny Mubarak , ELUNESCO . Was also quick to embrace the idea of endowing the Mediterranean region with a center of culture and scientific excellence .
An architectural competition, organized by UNESCO
- In 1988 to choose a design worthy of the site and its heritage , was won by snohetta , Anorwegion architectural office ,from among more than 1,400 entries , At a conference held in 1990 in Aswan , the first pledges of funding for the project were made us $ 65 million , mostly from the Arab states .
- Construction work began in 1995 and after some 220 us $ million had been spent , the complex was officially inaugurated on October 16 , 2002 .
- The dimensions of the project are vast , the library has shelf space for 8 million books , with the main reading room covering 70,000 m 2 on 11 cascading levels .
- The complex also houses a conference center , specialized libraries for the blind , for young people, and for children. 3 museums, 4 art galleries, a planetarium and a manuscript, restoration, laboratory.
- This wall is built with 4200 blocks of Aswan granite , the whole surface of the liberary is 45000 square meter . The granite facade of the main building is round and carved with 120 inscription s , each one in a different language. It is supposed to symbolize the connection between old and new languages .
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