The reason given in the article is not the whole story either. When the bent pyramid was under construction the ‘collapsed’ pyramid at Medium collapsed. This

The reason given in the article is not the whole story either. When the bent pyramid was under construction the ‘collapsed’ pyramid at Medium collapsed. This probably contributed to some last minute design changes for the bent pyramid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum