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The field was full of orchids and other flowers. This one was away from where I was mainly looking for the fritillaries and gave a clear view.
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.
À travers cet événement, l’association mobilise l’opinion publique, contre les mines antipersonnel et les bombes à sous-munitions (BASM).
This lonely pyramid of grain in the Napinka area will likely be ruined after the 125 MM of rain in South West Manitoba this weekend.
The pyramids at Giza. A panoramic photograph made up of 6 different photos. The city of Cairo is in the background. I took this on a recent trip to Egypt while riding a camel through the Giza area.
Canon 350D 28-200mm lens
Focal Length: 38mm
ISO: 400
Photo taken: 10:48am 22/8/06
Pyramid of Unas. The last king of the 5th dynasty.
Unas pyramid is the first since Djoser to be decorated. Around the sarcophagus, the walls are lined with white alabaster incised and painted to represent a reed-mat and wood-frame enclosure. The basalt sarcophagus still in place.
The ceiling had golden stars on a blue background. Walls in the burial chamber, antechamber and section of the horizontal passage are covered with vertical columns of carved hieroglyphs. The earliest example of the Pyramid Texts.
5th dynasty, Saqqara
A l’occasion de la 31e édition des Pyramides de chaussures, nous vous invitons à vous mobiliser à nos côtés pour interpeller les gouvernements et faire reculer ces crimes de guerre par un geste simple : celui du lancer de chaussures !
Retrouvez-nous à Lyon - Place de la Croix-Rousse, le samedi 27 septembre 2025 ! Tous ensemble, lançons des pompes contre les bombes !
In 2006 i took a trip to Egypt. It was the most interesting trip i have been on. Decided to revisit the photos recently and this is my collection. These are the three Pyramids of Giza, and belive me when i say that in Egypt, this was the least interesting sight.
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This is a puzzle my dad made from plywood as a copy of a plastic one that he had. Part of the challenge he was working on was to be able to calculate the height of the pyramid if he was using 3/4 inch plywood. In theory this is just trigonometry, but there were some leaps of intuition needed to solve the equation. Something good for a retired math and science teacher.
Here is the fully assembled puzzle: www.flickr.com/gp/157755164@N06/757bS798yh
This was taken for the Tabletop theme of the 52 Weeks of 2025 weekly challenge group.
FYI: The map is from a large National Geographic atlas with copywrite 1981. So Sudan and the other surrounding counties may not reflect the current geopolitical environment.
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On our most recent trip to Las Vegas we did some hotel hopping, staying at three different hotels in order to experience a few different sides of Las Vegas.
My favorite place that we stayed at was the Luxor. We really enjoyed staying in one of the pyramid rooms and the hotel's Egyptian theme is very prevalent throughout the property. I'd definitely like to stay here again!
Genoa, italy. Detail of a light installation by Alberto Biasi at his retrospeccitve, "Kaleidoscope," at the Teatro del Falcone gallery, Palazzo Reale.
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The Pyramid of Cestius (in Italian, Piramide di Caio Cestio or Piramide Cestia) is an ancient pyramid in Rome, near the Porta San Paolo and the Protestant Cemetery. It stands in a fork between two ancient roads, the Via Ostiensis and another road that ran west to the Tiber along the appoximate line of the modern Via della Marmorata. Due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications, it is today one of the best-preserved ancient structures in Rome.
The pyramid was built about 18 BC-12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Epulo, a magistrate and member of one of the four great religious corporations at Rome, the Septemviri Epulonum. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation, measuring 100 Roman feet (22 m) square at the base and standing 125 Roman feet (27 m) high.
In December, Autumn is finally over, and the Winter begins to take it's hold. The cold Westerly winds gather moisture as they blow across Lake Michigan, then begin to cover the state in a blanket of white. Here, along the shores of Lake Michigan, Winter unleashes it's deep freeze on the sands of Pyramid Point. A small beam of light breaks though the clouds, and slowly drifts across Lake Michigan.
After driving to the Sleeping Bear Dunes, I spent the night camping in the Platte River Campground. Luckily, I was able to get a campsite. Snow squalls which passed throughout the day created beautiful hiking conditions.
Explore: 12/6/2009
The Louvre Pyramid in a cold winter night. I used a long exposure (30s) to erase most of passer-by.
Paris, France, february 2014.
Coba is an ancient Mayan city in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It was at its height from about 500 to 900 AD and probably was inhabited up until the time that the Spanish arrived. The site contains many pyramids the tallest of which, Ixmoja, is some 42 meters and tourists are allowed to climb it. Notice the rope in the middle which is the only way to hang on.
Thousands of old Ojizō-sama (Jizō) statues form a pyramid near the heart of Okunoin temple in Koyasan, Japan. Jizō is known as the protector of deceased children and according to the legend Jizo hides deceased children in his robe and guides them safely to salvation, hence the red bibs and hats.
The Giza Pyramids need no introduction, the largest and most famous monuments of antiquity and the sole surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.
Situated on a desert plateau to the south west of Cairo (and indeed on the very edge of the city's modern urban sprawl) the pyramids of Giza form the heart of an extensive ancient necropolis with the monumental tombs of three of Egypt's earliest Old Kingdom pharaohs marked by the vast structures. Each of the pyramids is a colossal mass of near solid masonry, without adornment and with only a few passages within each leading to burial chambers long since emptied and robbed in antiquity.
The earliest is the Great Pyramid of Khufu (sometimes referred to by the Greek title 'Cheops', or by his full pharaonic name 'Khnum-Khufu'). It is also the largest; the structure is simply enormous and remained the World's tallest building until well into the Middle Ages.
The following pyramid was built by Khafre (also called 'Khephren') and is similarly vast (often appearing in photos of the whole group as larger due to its more central position) but is significantly smaller than Khufu's monument. The smallest of the three (at around less than half the size) was built by his successor Menkaure. Both his and Khufu's monuments have much smaller satellite pyramids at their base (some in more ruinous condition) to house the tombs of their queens.
Originally all the pyramids had a smooth outer covering of white stone but this was quarried away by later generations (much of which was used for some of Cairo's greatest Islamic monuments) leaving the rough inner blocks exposed. A small section remains at the apex of Khafre's pyramid (suggestive of a snow-capped mountain) to give a sense of the original finish and overall mass.
Today the site remains the most popular in Egypt and an astonishing testament to the skill and determination of it earliest builders.