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Morning capture of the Pyramid Lake during misty sunrise in Alberta, Canada.
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This is my father. He travelled the world on cargo ships before settling down and marrying my mother
Pyramid lake, Jasper national park, Alberta, Canada. A truly majestic spot for an early morning shoot
The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis in Cairo, Egypt. It is the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of Khufu and Khafre at Giza. It is believed to be Egypt's first successful attempt at constructing a "true" smooth-sided pyramid.
The pyramid is named for the rusty reddish hue of its limestone, but it was not originally red – it was clad in white Tura limestone. During the Middle Ages, much of the cladding was taken for buildings in Cairo, exposing the red limestone. Only a few white blocks remain, at the pyramid's base.
Local residents refer to the Red Pyramid as el-heram el-watwaat, meaning the Bat Pyramid.
The Red Pyramid was the third pyramid of four built by Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu, and was built 2575–2563 BCE. The Red Pyramid is located approximately one kilometre (0.62 mi) to the north of the Bent Pyramid. It is built at the same shallow 43-degree angle as the upper section of the Bent Pyramid, which gives it a noticeably squat appearance compared to other Egyptian pyramids of comparable scale. Construction is believed to have begun during the thirtieth year of Sneferu's reign (c. 2590 BCE). Egyptologists disagree on the length of time it took to construct. Based on quarry marks found at various phases of construction, Rainer Stadelmann estimates the time of completion to be approximately 17 years while Rolf Krauss, based on this same graffiti, suggests a period of construction of 10–11 years, an estimate later supported by John Romer.
Archaeologists speculate its design may be an outcome of engineering crises experienced during the construction of Sneferu's two earlier pyramids. The first of these being, the Pyramid at Meidum, collapsed in antiquity, while the second, the Bent Pyramid, had the angle of its inclination dramatically altered from 54 to 43 degrees part-way through the construction due to complications that accrued during the three construction phases.
Some archaeologists now believe that the Meidum pyramid was the first attempt at building a smooth-sided pyramid, and that it may have collapsed when construction of the Bent Pyramid was already well under way – and that the pyramid may by then have already begun to show alarming signs of instability itself, as evident by the presence of large timber beams supporting its inner chambers. The outcome of this was the change in inclination of the Bent Pyramid, and the commencement of the later Red Pyramid at an inclination known to be less susceptible to instability and therefore less susceptible to catastrophic collapse.
Egypt tombs suggest pyramids not built by slaves.
CAIRO (Reuters) - New tombs found in Giza support the view that the Great Pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves, as widely believed, Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Sunday.
Films and media have long depicted slaves toiling away in the desert to build the mammoth pyramids only to meet a miserable death at the end of their efforts.
"These tombs were built beside the king's pyramid, which indicates that these people were not by any means slaves," Zahi Hawass, the chief archaeologist heading the Egyptian excavation team, said in a statement.
"If they were slaves, they would not have been able to build their tombs beside their king's."
He said the collection of workers' tombs, some of which were found in the 1990s, were among the most significant finds in the 20th and 21st centuries. They belonged to workers who built the pyramids of Khufu and Khafre.
Hawass had earlier found graffiti on the walls from workers calling themselves "friends of Khufu" -- another sign that they were not slaves.
The tombs, on the Giza plateau on the western edge of Cairo, are 4,510 years old and lie at the entrance of a one-km (half mile)-long necropolis.
Hawass said evidence had been found showing that farmers in the Delta and Upper Egypt had sent 21 buffalo and 23 sheep to the plateau every day to feed the builders, believed to number around 10,000 -- or about a tenth of Greek historian Herodotus's estimate of 100,000.
These farmers were exempted from paying taxes to the government of ancient Egypt -- evidence that he said underscored the fact they were participating in a national project.
The first discovery of workers' tombs in 1990 came about accidentally when a horse stumbled on a brick structure 10 meters (yards) away from the burial area.
(Writing by Marwa Awad; Editing by Alison Williams and Michael Roddy)
... taken in the garden on the roof of a mall. At day time, pyramids enable sunlight goes into the mall. At night time, it enables light comes up to light the mood of garden.
Inside view below pyramids is here : flic.kr/p/y95yrc
Happy New Year 2016 !!
Gola de Pujol, uno de los canales que vierten el agua dulce del lago de La Albufera al mar.
Pyramids
Pujol Mouth, one of the channels that flows the fresh water from La Albufera lake to the sea.
seen in Berlin, Kurfürstendamm
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Les "libellules" sont de retour !
A l'intérieur de la Pyramide, l'oeuvre monumentale de Barthélémy Toguo, "Le pilier des migrants disparus" :
www.louvre.fr/en-ce-moment/vie-du-musee/barthelemy-toguo-...
The Pyramid of the 21st century under construction at Montoir de Bretagne - FRANCE.
According to the latest translations of the bas-reliefs, it is in honor of Pharaoh "CMA CGM" that this pyramid would be erected.
La Pyramide du 21ème siècle en cours de construction à Montoir de Bretagne.
Selon les dernières traductions des bas-reliefs, c'est en l'honneur du Pharaon "CMA CGM" que cette pyramide serait érigée.
Montoir de Bretagne
FRANCE
The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the country's pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.
The most famous Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built. The Pyramid of Khufu is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids
Pyramid Peak (right side of photo) is the highest peak in the Amargosa Range-topping out at 6703 feet above sea level.
Pyramid Peak Sunset
Funeral Mountains
Amargosa Range
Death Valley National Park
California
March 2022
Taken on my mini road trip at the beginning of the month.
This is Pyramid Mountain reflecting into Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park.
The bent pyramid in Dashur, Egypt, built under the reign of the pharaoh Snefru over 4,600 years ago!
pyramids, 2016
pyramid models with laser beam,
variable size
... only light source is the red laser beam... taken with 5 minutes exposure...
A52 The Chain Pyramidal Orchid...the population seems to have made some recovery after a tractor churned up the verge on this PROTECTED area a few years ago. Nowhere near as many orchids as there used to be though...
Not very much is understood about the Cheops Pyramid. This pyramid was robbed long before archeologists knew about it. Anything about King Cheops was taken when the tomb was robbed. King Cheops (also known as Kufu) was believed to have been the ruler of a very advanced group. He was probably very rich and well respected. Archeologists know this because his pyramid was so big.
King Cheops was buried alone in his big pyramid. His wives were probably buried in three smaller pyramids nearby. King Cheops’ Pyramid was probably built between 2589-2566 BC. It supposedly took over 2,300,000 giant stone blocks to make the Cheops Pyramid. Each stone block weighed over 2.5 tons. Researchers think it must have taken over 100,000 men to build the Cheops Pyramid.