event · evt_egyfull_sneferu_pyramid_program
Sneferu's pyramid-building programme
Multiple major pyramid projects at Meidum and Dahshur document architectural experimentation and sustained resource mobilization.
What is the evidence?
observation
Multiple major pyramid projects at Meidum and Dahshur document architectural experimentation and sustained resource mobilization.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
2649 BCE–2609 BCE
Precision: range
highPreferred display range for this release. It does not suppress model-specific dates, regnal uncertainty or alternative period boundaries recorded elsewhere.
- supports · provides archaeological synthesis
Pyramid Age: Huni to Radjedef — Richard Bussmann (2015)Supports the programme and its chronology.
Locator: Sneferu and pyramid development
Interpretation and caveats
The programme is evidence for changing engineering, labour and royal institutions; project scale should not be converted into unsupported population or coercion estimates.
Event context
Classification
Event type: monumental and logistical program
Evidence layer: historical and archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Why it matters to the timeline
Connects monuments to institutional and logistical change.
Research notes
- Supports the programme and its chronology. Role: provides archaeological synthesis. Locator: Sneferu and pyramid development.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological synthesis
Pyramid Age: Huni to Radjedef — Richard Bussmann (2015)Supports the programme and its chronology.
Locator: Sneferu and pyramid development