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A straight-on view of the found sculpture pyramid I saw at the Icehouse in downtown Phoenix this week. The wall of the old brick building is painted with this mural that glows early morning and late afternoons. This structure is "temporary", an installation by a visiting artist from Japan. It is about 2 stories tall. The image was gotten by poking my camera zoom lens through a cyclone fence. It is mostly obscured from the street and one would have to have come upon the peek at it from the side street. I must have taken 30 photos near the fence, a crumbling brick wall, and graffiti on rusted metal fence panels before a small opening in the barricades revealed this wonder. It was such a surprise to see!
Bent Pyramid of Snefru in Dashur.
It is unique in having two internal structures, with entrances on the north and west sides. From the north side a long, sloping passage leads to a narrow antechamber with an impressive corbelled roof. The burial chamber, also corbelled, is above this antechamber.
The second passage runs from the west side of the pyramid, through portcullis blocking systems, to another burial chamber, again with corbelled roof. This is at a higher level than the first. Structural instability is evident as the chamber was completely shored up with balks and scaffolding of great cedar beams.
Some time after both chambers were constructed, a connecting passage was made between them.
(text from The Complete Pyramids by Mark Lehner)
4th dynasty, Dashur
Today there was little wind, so I could get close: pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis).
Heute war kaum wind, sodass ich nah heran konnte: die Pyramidenhundswurz (Anacamptis pyramidalis).
A pyramidal orchid surrounded by bird's-foot trefoil on Giant Hill in Cerne Abbas. Thousands of these beautiful flowers painted a cutting on the nearby A37 bright purple.
A wide panoramic view of the Pyramids, the Sphinx, and seating for the nightly sound & light show at Giza. I was actually standing on the curb on the right.
Cairo; March 2005
Nikon 4500 (Panorama stitched)
The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris.
I myself was extremely astonished with the majestic beauty of the pyramid. I asked the guide about the shape of the pyramid-- triangle. According to her the shape represents the RAYS of the sun. To better explain the shape of the pyramid, God graciously sent beautiful clouds and weather when we visited the pyramids of Khufu. From the photo above I could figure out the rays are indeed similar to the shape of the pyramid:)
The pyramid remained the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. Pyramids were believed not built by slaves. The vast and fertile land along the Nile River provided enough agricultural land and livestock for the Egyptians. So, therefore when planting and harvest time were over they busied themselves by building temples and pyramids.