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Pyramid Head topper made by Artisan Cake Company artisancakecompany.com/2012/11/pyramid-head-cake-topper/
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.
Ludwig's DIY Halloween Costume:
Pyramid Head
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Canon Rebel XT
F-to-EOS adapter
Nikon Ai 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (25.5mm equivalent)
Vivitar 285HV flash (hand-held)
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact.
Le musée du Louvre, inauguré en 1793 sous l'appellation Muséum central des arts de la République dans le palais du Louvre, ancienne résidence royale située au centre de Paris, est aujourd'hui le plus grand musée d'art et d'antiquités au monde. Sa surface d'exposition est de 72 735 m.
Fin 2016, ses collections comprenaient 554 731 œuvres, dont 35 000 exposées et 264 486 œuvres graphiques. Celles-ci présentent l'art occidental du Moyen Âge à 1848, celui des civilisations antiques qui l'ont précédé et influencé (orientales, égyptienne, grecque, étrusque et romaine), les arts des premiers chrétiens et de l'Islam.
Situé dans le 1er arrondissement de Paris, sur la rive droite entre la Seine et la rue de Rivoli, le musée se signale par la pyramide de verre de son hall d'accueil, érigée en 1989 dans la cour Napoléon et qui en est devenue emblématique, tandis que la statue équestre de Louis XIV constitue le point de départ de l'axe historique parisien.
En 2017, avec environ 8,1 millions de visiteurs annuels, le Louvre est le musée le plus visité au monde. Il est le site culturel payant le plus visité de France. Parmi ses pièces les plus célèbres figurent La Joconde, la Vénus de Milo, Le Scribe accroupi, La Victoire de Samothrace et le Code de Hammurabi.
Le Louvre possède une longue histoire de conservation artistique et historique, depuis l'Ancien Régime jusqu'à nos jours. À la suite du départ de Louis XIV pour le château de Versailles à la fin du xviie siècle, on y entrepose une partie des collections royales de tableaux et de sculptures antiques. Après avoir durant un siècle hébergé plusieurs académies dont celle de peinture et de sculpture, ainsi que divers artistes logés par le roi, l'ancien palais royal est véritablement transformé sous la Révolution en « Muséum central des arts de la République ». Il ouvre en 1793 en exposant environ 660 œuvres, essentiellement issues des collections royales ou confisquées chez des nobles émigrés ou dans des églises. Par la suite les collections ne cesseront de s'enrichir par des prises de guerre, acquisitions, mécénats, legs, donations, et découvertes archéologiques.
Le musée compte pour sa gestion 2 091 employés (fonctionnaires, contractuels et vacataires), dont 1 232 agents de surveillance, un garde pour chacune des 403 salles d’exposition, que complètent les effectifs affectés aux 900 caméras du système de télésurveillance
Pyramids of Menkaure, Khafre and Khufu... (From left to right.!) The small ones are Pyramids of Queens.!
The annual art promenade at the gallery in Österhaninge opened this weekend. Special bonus points if you can figure out the theme for 2012. It would be impossible by just looking at this artwork by Anders Reuterswärd, but you never know, you might guess it anyway. But I really don't think so.
A small selection of photos from the Pyramid's 10th Birthday Party
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the earliest pyramid in the world always looked a little crooked to me. when i pointed that out to the local guides who hung around the complex, they insisted that it just looked that way from the angle.
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Shows unidentified pyramid (possibly at Giza)
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The Pyramid of Khufu is the extraordinary testimony of the human genius because it was immense and impressive considering the epoch. Even nowadays, it remains one of the biggest human constructions.
The pyramid of Amenemhat I (circa 1950 BC.) and the current muslim cemetery of El-Lisht.
La pirámide de Amenemhat I (aprox 1950 adC.) en El-Lisht y el cementario musulmán (actual) que la flanquea.
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) to a 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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