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Engineering an Empire - Egypt (Part 4/10)

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The title, "Smiter of Barbarians," reveals much about how Snefru financed his many building projects. Part four of this series looks at the attempts of Snefru to perfect pyramid building techniques. His monuments, including the Bent Pyramid, proved to be the link between the engineering of the step pyramid of Djoser and the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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step pyramid, colonnade, djoser, snefru, smiter of barbarians, meydum, dashur, the bent pyramid, social studies
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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