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This photo shows the three large Pyramids of Giza at Giza, Egypt. They are located on the west bank of the Nile about 12 miles southwest of central Cairo. This photo is looking eastward. Cairo, located across the Nile, is visible in the distance. The pyramids, in order from left to right, are Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, named after the kings for whom they were built. The pyramids were originally encased in smooth white limestone casing which were later plundered for other constructions.
The Pyramid of Khufu, also known as the Great Pyramid, is the northernmost and oldest of these pyramids. It was built for Pharaoh Khufu (Greek: Cheops, who ruled from 2589-2566 BC), the second king of the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom. It is the largest of the Pyramids at Giza. Originally 481.4 feet high, its height is now 451.4 feet. The length of each side at the base is about 755.75 feet.
The Pyramid of Khafre was built for Pharaoh Khafre (Greek: Chephren, who ruled from 2558 to 2532 BC). He was the son of Pharaoh Khufu. It is the second-tallest and second-largest of the Pyramids at Giza. Originally, it was 471 feet high. The length of each side at the base is about 707.75 feet. The original limestone casing stones yet remain at the top of the pyramid and are visible in the photo.
The Pyramid of Menkaure was built for Pharaoh Menkaure (Greek: Mykerinus, who ruled from 2532 - 2504 BC). He was the son of Khafre and grandson of Khufu. It was the southernmost and last pyramid to be built at Giza. It is also the smallest. Originally, it was 218 feet high. The length of each side at the base is about 356.5 feet.
I took this photo in December 1989.
The view from Pyramid Point is always spectacular. Despite the overcast skies, the visibility was crystal clear. Here you can see the snow covered dunes of North Manitou Island. It was even clear enough to see South Fox Island, and North Fox Island.
The middle pyramid (Gill-b)
The three queens´pyramids were built to the south of Menkaure´s pyramid. Below the eastern one was a T-shaped substructure, suggesting it was initially begunas a satellite pyramid but was later taken over as a burial place for one of Menkaure´s queens, perhaps Khamerernebty II. All three queens´ pyramids had mudbrick chapels and presumably all received burials of queens, the body of a young woman was found from the burial chamber of the middle pyramid.
4th dynasty, Giza.
Isn't that cool, we have a statue of Pyramid Head (Silent Hill) in Gothenburg! :o
(I know, bad Photo. :p )
Pyramid Head topper made by Artisan Cake Company artisancakecompany.com/2012/11/pyramid-head-cake-topper/
Cairo haze shown between the pyramids at Giza. To the left is the Great Pyramid of Cheops, with the solar boat museum down by the bottom right hand corner. The road leading past the car park goes down towards Giza town, right past the Sphinx
Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The great majority of its estimated 79 million people live near the banks of the Nile River.
The most famous pyramids are the Egyptian pyramids — huge structures built of brick or stone, some of which are among the world's largest constructions.
A long way to the Greater Pyramid of Giza
The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid shaped masonry structures located in Egypt.
There are over 100 pyramids in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the country's Pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.[1][2] [3]
The earliest known Egyptian pyramid is the Pyramid of Djoser which was built during the third dynasty. This pyramid and its surrounding complex were designed by the architect Imhotep, and are generally considered to be the world's oldest monumental structures constructed of dressed masonry.
The best known Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built.[4]
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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.
This pyramid is to illustrate the connections between Strategic objectives and KPIs. It is for my blog post on KPI traceability. bit.ly/15u1K
Pyramid entrance to famous Louvre museum in Paris. Famous painting of Mona Lisa is displayed at the museum. In addition it carries 7000+ other paintings and lots of other sculptures, antiques etc. To really enjoy the museum probably need few days.
Pyramid fire pit with a beautiful outdoor scene with mesh insert (mesh insert is included in price for pyramid style)
Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the Truckee River Basin, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Reno. Pyramid Lake is fed by the Truckee River, which is mostly the outflow from Lake Tahoe. The Truckee River enters Pyramid Lake at its southern end. Pyramid Lake has no outlet, with water leaving only by evaporation, or sub-surface seepage (an endorheic lake). The lake has about 10% of the area of the Great Salt Lake, but it has about 25% more volume. The salinity is approximately 1/6 that of sea water. Although clear Lake Tahoe forms the headwaters that drain to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee River delivers more turbid waters to Pyramid Lake after traversing the steep Sierra terrain and collecting moderately high silt-loaded surface runoff.
A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Lahontan (~890 feet deep), the lake area was inhabited by the 19th-century Paiute, who used the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout from the lake(the former is now endangered and the latter is threatened). The lake was first mapped in 1844 by John C. Frémont, the American discoverer of the lake who also gave it its English title.
In the 19th century two battles were fought near the lake, major actions in the Paiute War. In the 1960s a marker was placed commemorating these battles.
Because of water diversion beginning in 1905 by Derby Dam, the lake's existence was threatened, and the Paiute sued the Department of the Interior. By the mid-1970s, the lake had lost 80 feet of depth, and according to Paiute fisheries officials, the life of the lake was seriously under threat.
Pyramid Lake is located in southeastern Washoe County in western Nevada. It is in an elongated intermontane basin between the Lake Range on the east, the Virginia Mountains on the west and the Pah Rah Range on the southwest. The Fox Range and the Smoke Creek Desert lie to the north.
In a parallel basin to the east of the Lake Range is Winnemucca Lake now a dry lake bed. Prior to the construction of the Derby Dam in 1905 both lake levels stood at near 3,880 ft (1,180 m).[8] Following the dam completion the water levels dropped to 3,867 ft (1,179 m) and 3,853 ft (1,174 m) for Pyramid and Winnemucca respectively. In 1957 Pyramid Lake level was at 3,802 ft (1,159 m) and the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at 3,780 ft (1,150 m) had been dry since the 1930s.
The lake is the largest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan that covered much of northwestern Nevada at the end of the last ice age. Pyramid Lake was the deepest point in Lake Lahontan, reaching an estimated 890 feet (270 m) due to its low level relative to the surrounding basins.
The name of the lake comes from the impressive cone or pyramid shaped tufa formations found in the lake and along the shores. The largest such formation, Anaho Island, is home to a large colony of American White Pelicans and is restricted for ecological reasons. Access to the Needles, another spectacular tufa formation at the northern end of the lake has also been restricted due to recent vandalism.
Major fish species include the cui-ui lakesucker, which is endemic to Pyramid Lake, the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout (the world record cutthroat trout was caught in Pyramid Lake). The former is endangered, and the latter is threatened. Both species were of critical importance to the Paiute people in pre-contact times.
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One view of the principal site during the wettest spring and summer which truly made the prairie bloom!