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Card with a photo of the Pyramids of Giza near Cairo, Egypt. The back of this card has information about these royal tombs. Sent to a Postcrossing member in Germany.
Giza, Egypt.
"The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid and the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu. Built in the early 26th century BC during a period of around 27 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. As part of the Giza pyramid complex, it borders present-day Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt.
Initially standing at 481 feet, the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. Over time, most of the smooth white limestone casing was removed, which lowered the pyramid's height to the present 454.4 feet. What is seen today is the underlying core structure.
The Great Pyramid was built by quarrying an estimated 2.3 million large blocks weighing 6 million tons in total. The majority of stones are not uniform in size or shape and are only roughly dressed. The outside layers were bound together by mortar. Primarily local limestone from the Giza Plateau was used."
Shot in San Francisco, CA.
HDR processed using Photoshop CS5.
The iconic Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline.
Best viewed large and on black (Press L)
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This very big pyramid has been installed for the pumpkin contest in Seegräben in the region of Zürich, Switzerland in 2003. I don't know how many pumpkins are there, but many hundreds at least. There were also some inside.
Pyramid Lake in Nevada was beautiful, peaceful, and spread from horizon to horizon. I was totally unable to capture its spirit with my camera. So I created a 5 picture photomerge, and stretched it until it looked sort of like this. A little color and saturation - plus a sunrise - and my picture was created. Does Pyramid Lake look like this? No, but you wouldn't be looking at my raw pictures if I didn't do something to them.
The Pyramids of Giza consist of the Great Pyramid of Giza (known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops or Khufu), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren) a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinos) a few hundred meters further south-west. The Great Sphinx lies on the east side of the complex. Current consensus among Egyptologists is that the head of the Great Sphinx is that of Khafre. Along with these major monuments are a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as "queens" pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids (From Wikipedia)
Giza, Egypt.
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Julian Mayfield - The Long Night
Pyramid Books G461, 1959
Cover Artist: Lou Marchetti
"Harlem, Saturday night."
View of Khufu's Great pyramid from near the foot of the Great Sphinx. The Queens' pyramids can be seen on the right side of the pyramid while the Solar Bark museum can be seen to the left of the leftmost group of trees.