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It is the first pyramid in Egypt and was built for the Pharaoh Zoser (about 2667-2648BC). This is a step-pyramid and the architect is the legendary Imhotep.
An old figure from when I used paint and non-lego elements a lot more. However, I liked Pyramid Head enough to keep him around un-altered.
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.
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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.
New one in the series
EH paper, 48 division grid
Hexagon twists hidden below pyramids.
No space between pyramids
Giza Pyramids are one of the seven wonders of world whose construction has amazed the whole world.
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Pharao KHUFU built this pyramid in around 2560 B.C. It was originally 146.6 metres tall, but 4500 years has caused erosion to its present day height of 138.8 metres. It was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3800 years until 160 metres tall Lincoln Cathedral was built in around 1300 A.D.
We didn't think Everett would be able to balance on Violet's back.
(Ben and Sophie started crawling forward with Violet on their back, but I messed up the video I took of that...)
"And look at the Pyramid building. What other city would provide ring toss for aliens?" --Will Durst
What better place to spend our final few hours in Egypt than the Giza plateau, this time exploring the site by foot and visiting mastaba tombs (there are many here but only a couple can be visited) and Menkaure's pyramid, the only one of the three large pyramids we'd not entered before (the two largest we'd been inside on our first visit in 1995, this time queues for the Great Pyramid of Khufu were discouraging, and Khafre's was closed).
The Giza Pyramids need no introduction, the largest and most famous monuments of antiquity and the sole surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.
Situated on a desert plateau to the south west of Cairo (and indeed on the very edge of the city's modern urban sprawl) the pyramids of Giza form the heart of an extensive ancient necropolis with the monumental tombs of three of Egypt's earliest Old Kingdom pharaohs marked by the vast structures. Each of the pyramids is a colossal mass of near solid masonry, without adornment and with only a few passages within each leading to burial chambers long since emptied and robbed in antiquity.
The earliest is the Great Pyramid of Khufu (sometimes referred to by the Greek title 'Cheops', or by his full pharaonic name 'Khnum-Khufu'). It is also the largest; the structure is simply enormous and remained the World's tallest building until well into the Middle Ages.
The following pyramid was built by Khafre (also called 'Khephren') and is similarly vast (often appearing in photos of the whole group as larger due to its more central position) but is significantly smaller than Khufu's monument. The smallest of the three (at around less than half the size) was built by his successor Menkaure. Both his and Khufu's monuments have much smaller satellite pyramids at their base (some in more ruinous condition) to house the tombs of their queens.
Originally all the pyramids had a smooth outer covering of white stone but this was quarried away by later generations (much of which was used for some of Cairo's greatest Islamic monuments) leaving the rough inner blocks exposed. A small section remains at the apex of Khafre's pyramid (suggestive of a snow-capped mountain) to give a sense of the original finish and overall mass.
Today the site remains the most popular in Egypt and an astonishing testament to the skill and determination of its earliest builders.
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