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Got my friend standing there just to show how big it is. How come they put the bricks together with those tiny body sizes? Mmm..
Khafre's Pyramid appears larger than the adjacent Khufu Pyramid by virtue of its more elevated location, and the steeper angle of inclination of its construction – it is, in fact, smaller in both height and volume. Khafre's Pyramid retains a prominent display of casing stones at its apex. (From Wikipedia)
Giza, Egypt.
The pyramid at Meidum is believed to be Egypt's second oldest (after the step-pyramid of Djoser, whose design Meidum followed to some degree) but is also the earliest attempt at a true pyramid with four smooth side elevations.
Its original builder is usually considered to be Huni, last pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty, but most likely the larger part was constructed under the reign of his successor Sneferu (who also built two major pyramids at Dashur much further north).
The building we see today looks as much like a massive tower as a pyramid; which is due to the ancient collapse of much of the outer structure after the design was modified from a step-pyramid form (like its predecessor at Saqqara) toa smooth-sided one. The extra weight of the additional outer casing was too much and the pyramid was reduced to the present tower of masonry rising from a mass of debris.
There are several internal passages on different levels that lead to the relatively small burial chamber, beginning with a steep descent from the northern face. The ceiling of the chamber is remarkable for its tapering form, corbelled inwards as it rises in the manner of the better known but later grand gallery of the great pyramid of Khufu.
Near the pyramid are several large mudbrick mastaba tombs of a similar age, one of which is accessible by a series of narrow tunnels and passages that only the more intrepid traveller should attempt.
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Earlier this year I flew to the Basque Country to visit my family. Watching the flight map monitors I noticed we were flying directly over the Nile and thought "I wonder if..." and low and behold there they were, the Great Pyramids basking in the morning Sun. The blinds went up all the way, people were sleeping, I didn't care I just started snapping away whilst being completely awe struck! Meanwhile I'm still to set foot on Egypt.
Our newest shelter. A 26 ounce Pyramid Tent from Oware with more than 80 square feet of space. It proved its waterproofness on this eveing with 20 knot winds and driving rain in Southeast Alaska
Pyramide du Louvre
Paris (75001). FRANCE.
Dédicace à mes cousins, Florent et Marion, pour la journée "touristes à Panam" !!!
2009
CANON EOS 450D / Rebel XSi
CANON 18-55mm EF-S F3.5-5.6 IS
This is made in Paris ... at the entrance of Luvru ...
this glas pyramid realy is great ....
Is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. It is a central landmark of Paris and located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres
Aerial view of the top of the Pyramid, at Giza - Note the markings in the stone (Ages unknown). Atop this was the pyramidion, or benben stone in Egyptian, which completed a pyramid or an obelisk. Usually they were made of granite, diorite or fine limestone and were decorated with carvings. Archaeologists have found some of them.
1200 x 1500 Unknown source
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There were some odd little glass pyramids on the other side of the river. They made me think of the Tripods.
The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
"Pyramid Lake is a reservoir formed by Pyramid Dam on Piru Creek in the eastern San Emigdio Mountains, near Castaic, Southern California. It is a part of the West Branch California Aqueduct, which is a part of the California State Water Project. Its water is fed by the system after being pumped up from the San Joaquin Valley and through the Tehachapi Mountains. The 386 foot tall earth and rock dam was built by the California Department of Water Resources" - wikipedia
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This photo almost got all the Egyptian transportation methods. I am on a camel, but you can see the guy on the donkey that rode out to sell us water, a guy walking across the desert and near the pyramids a bus moving tourists.
Northeast of Reno, Nevada. It is a desert terminal lake enclosed entirely within the bounds of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes' Reservation.
Cairo, Egypt
The Giza pyramid complex is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. It includes the three Great Pyramids (Khufu/Cheops, Khafre/Chephren and Menkaure/Mykerinos), the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex. It is located in the Western Desert, approximately 9 km (5 mi) west of the Nile river at the old town of Giza, and about 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre. (Wikipedia)