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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.
Arthur Curtin - Love Off-Limits
Pyramid Books 176, 1956
Cover Artist: unknown ... Rudy Nappi ?
"The lieutenant, the colonel, and the whole Army found that this was a woman with a mind of her own."
This photo was taken from the high desert at the Pyramids of Giza, the desert is really an illusion because it looks like the Pyramids are in the middle of no where's land but in fact, they are right in the middle of the city of Giza which is below, the next photo was taken from the top of the smaller Pyramids closest to the 3 small Pyramids in this photo.
Northeast of Reno, Nevada. It is a desert terminal lake enclosed entirely within the bounds of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribes' Reservation.
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.
For more on this remarkable site see below:-
Anonymous - Madeleine: An Autobiography
Pyramid Books G627, 1961
Cover Artist: Mort Engel
"What makes them do it?"
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."
I was really excited to find a small patch of these orchids today (I know - I should get out more) as I'd never seen them before. I'd discovered that they grew in a meadow in a country park I often visit, but it's such a large area that it would have been easy to miss them.
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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.