Egypt is famed for its incredible array of pyramids, and although they are long standing symbols of the ingenuity of the ancient architects and builders, one pyramid really stands out as a great pyramid disaster.
I’m talking about the badly weathered and eroded Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III, the lob-sided monstrosity of the Egyptian skyline.
All that remains today of this Middle Kingdom pyramid is a ruinous mound of mudbrick, with most of the outer backing and casing stone taken and re-used. But why is it like this?
The project was a disaster right from the start and in this video, I'll tell you example what happened.
00:00 - Introduction
01:43 - The Black Pyramid
03:33 - The Dilapidated Superstructure
05:18 - The Pyramidion of Amenemhat III
07:01 - How the Pyramid Became a Ruin
08:03 - The Bedrock & the Floodplain
11:11 - After the Pyramid was Complete
12:01 - Concluding Remarks