Study argues Melton entered the Red, not Bent, Pyramid, misdirecting Vyse and Perring

October 27, 2026EgyptTheoryShare

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Key facts

• Howard Vyse did some of the earliest work at the Red and Bent Pyramids in 1837; when Perring, who worked with him, began clearing the northern passage he found it blocked at 140 ft from the entrance.
• Perring's quoted account states the pyramid was entered in 1660 by an English traveler named Melton and in 1680 by Le Bruin, was visited by Pococke, and was examined in 1763 by Davidson, who found the passage blocked.
• Melton reported that among the Pyramids of the Mummies were 15 pyramids, three of them large, each with an opening leading to a chamber, and that he entered the one farthest from the village, commonly called the Pyramid of Rhodope.
• Kathleen Picketance argues in a paper that Melton, and by result Vyse, was mistaken: Melton entered the Red rather than the Bent Pyramid and confused the two when writing up his account years later.
• The video notes that Vyse's and Perring's accounts were taken at face value and often repeated, creating lasting confusion about the Bent Pyramid's closure and blockage.
• Vyse's 1837 drawings remain the earliest visual documentation of the Bent Pyramid's internal structure.

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