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The Khufu pyramid, known to many Europeans by its greek name Cheops, is the biggest pyramid ever built and was one of the Seven Wonders of antiquity. A concrete museum, housing the solar bark found in 1954, can be seen between the pyramid and the three small Queens' pyramids.
Built for pharaoh Khufu (circa 2589–2566 BC) the pyramid is made up of 2,3 million blocks of stone, with the average weight of 2,5 tons. Some stones weigh up to 15 tons. The pyramid was originally 146,5 meters high (before the casing stones were removed), and 230 meters along the base. Today it's "only" 138,8 meters high.
The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramids known as the Great Pyramids, along with the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx. It is located some 9 km (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km (15 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre.
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A variation of the previous tessellation.
Reducing the space between pyramids to 1 space.
Tant paper, hexagon from 30x30 cm square. 48 division grid.
CP, front and back views, close--up.
The last remaining wonder of the ancient world, it's 4600 years old. Originally it would have been covered in a smooth, bright white limestone casing. It's 455 feet tall today (originally 480).
This is the smallest of the three pyramids on the Giza Plateau. The big hole is from early explorers forcing an entry.
Mary ja Jorma Gallen-Kallela poseeraavat Kheops-pyramidin juurella.
Taiteilija Akseli Gallen-Kallelan perhe eli vuosina 1909-10 Brittiläisessä Itä-Afrikassa, nykyisessä Keniassa. Sairastumisten vaivatessa ja rahojen vähenemisen takia he päättivät palata Suomeen vuoden 1910 lopulla - monta kuukautta kestänyt kotimatka kulki mm. Kairon kautta, jossa he viipyivät pari viikkoa.
kuvauspaikka: Giza, Egypti
ajoitus: todennäk. marraskuu 1910
kuvaaja: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
mitat: 83,8x80,8mm (kuva 77) ja 80x79 mm (kuva 78)
tekniikka: stereokuva
merkintöjä: "Keops-pyramidin luona. Vas: Mary GK oik: Jorma" (kuva 77)
inventointinumero: Kot. 4/77
kokoelma: Akseli Gallen-Kallelan valokuvakokoelma
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The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre), designed by I.M. Pei, is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum.
Took this shot of the Pyramid of Khafre on a recent business trip to Egypt....not sure whether I prefer the mono or the normal colour shot.....what do you think
Apologies for the quality as these were taken on my iPhone and post processing don on the phone as well
Mono shot here here
This is the middle pyramid of the three pyramids at Giza. It still has a few of the original casing stones near the top.
Pyramid of Unas. The last king of the 5th dynasty.
From the entrance passage slopes down to a corridor-chamber, followed by a horizontal passage, with three granite portcullis slabs. Then the passage goes to the antechamber, from where to the east a doorway to a room with three recesses and to the west the burial chamber. 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 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
Mary Shelley - Frankenstein
Pyramid Royal Books R290, 1957
Cover Artist: unknown
"Horror stalked the night."
The Pyramid of Unas dates back to the end of the 5th Dynasty (24th century BC) and whilst its external appearance has been reduced to a large ruined mound its internal chambers remain intact and are decorated with hieroglyphic texts, the first used in any tomb, giving spells and incantations to assist the journey of the deceased's soul in the afterlife.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Unas
Saqqara, the necropolis of Memphis, is one of the most fascinating sites in Egypt, as well as one of its earliest. The major monument here is Djoser's step pyramid, the earliest stone-built architectural monument which dominates the site.
Other pharaohs built pyramids here though most have not survived in such good conditions and some were never even finished. Two of the pyramids (those of Unas and Teti) contain chambers decorated with hieroglyph texts (the so called 'Pyramid Texts') that are amongst the earliest manifestations of ancient Egyptian writing.
The most significant survival from an artistic point of view however are the many early mastaba tombs (built from mud-brick and adorned with fine limestone reliefs within). Most visitors will not have time to do them justice and may have to just choose a couple to focus on if making a first visit. The art is of a very high quality and quite remote stylistically from the more esoteric scenes within the much later tombs of Thebes.
Saqqara can be a bewildering site to explore at first, but a little prior research will reveal the locations and best places to visit.
These are the famous Pyramids at Giza, located outside the former Ancient Egyptian cities of Memphis and Heliopolis, located south and north of modern-day Cairo, respectively. The earliest pyramids were located at Saqqara, to the south, which included the stepped pyramid, the bent pyramid, and the red pyramid, which were the earliest attempts at pyramids by the Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom during the 2600s BC. The pyramids at Giza were constructed starting around 2580 BC with the Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu), the tallest of the pyramids, also known as the Great Pyramid. The second tallest is the Pyramid of Khafre (Cheprhen), which maintains part of its limestone facing near the top and was constructed starting around 2558 BC. The smallest of the pyramids is the Pyramid of Menkaure, built starting around 2510 BC. The pyramids are part of a larger complex of tombs, temples, and other structures, which includes the Great Sphinx. The Pyramids of Cheops and Menkaure also include three smaller pyramids for the queens of the pharaohs that built the pyramids. Considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the Pyramid of Cheops remained the tallest man-made structure until Lincoln Cathedral was constructed in England during the Middle Ages. Though the tombs were raided of their valuables during ancient times, the pyramids have remained due to their sheer size, despite being used as a source of stone during the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Medieval periods, with the last stones finally being taken during the 19th Century. The pyramids also survived several attempts by the Sultans during the Medieval period, notably al-Malek al-Aziz Othman ben Yusuf during the 1100s AD, to demolish them due to their association with the ancient pagan religion, seen as being an affront to their faith, which they survived due to the sheer size of the task making it futile. Today, the pyramids have been stabilized and attract thousands of visitors every year, and remain the most iconic and recognizable world heritage site and ancient structures in the country and the most recognizable structures on the continent of Africa.
Louis Bromfield - Mrs. Parkington
Pyramid Royal R305, 1958
Cover Artist: Robert Maguire
"The compelling novel of a woman who rose above the ruthlessness and infidelities around her..."
Sax Rohmer - The Drums of Fu Manchu
Pyramid Books F-804, 1962
Cover Artist: Herb Tauss
"The sound of drums... a steady, pulsating rhythm—a warning of death to the heads of fourteen Western nations who stand if the way of Fu Manchu's plan for world supremacy—world rulers marked... for murder!"