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The Pyramid at Dashur is the first successful pyramid ever built. and the best part is that it is smack in the desert and there are hardly any tourists around.
I walked in to this pyramid and found out that I was the only one inside the pyramid, went in to the burial chamers and looked around, it was dark and I had to use flash from camera to figure out where I was. I was super thrilled to be alone inside a pyramid.
the long climb out was trecherous, I could not walk properly for the next couple of days.
got back in to the tazi and was going to the bent pyramid, when my driver for reasons I could not imagine, lost his way, and got the car stuck in the desert sand, we tried several thing to take the car out, we dug, found several stones, for the tire to grip on, I even tried lifting the car. Nothing worked. it was evening and the no one was in sight, we decided to walk back to a police booth we saw on the way, after a while we could see the booth, but it seemed like a long walk. I waved like a mad man hoping the policemen there could see me, and they did. I thought I'll have to cough up more money to get the police men to help me, five strong policemen came, and they removed the floor sheets in the car made a road out of it and got the car back to the dirt road, it was amazing, and they left. I was impressed.
even though I was in trouble for a while I think I liked it, I thought its going to be a nice story. and it is.
The once pristine Pyramid Park, a victim of the council being skint. The pond is full of bricks and shoes and shopping trolleys. A long time ago, a statue of Nimrod lounged on a plinth at the centre and there was a fountain. Due to it's location and lack of a playground it's largely ignored except by the dog walking public, errant Richmal Cromptonesque schoolboys and class A drug users, (sometimes all three in the same person). It's bisected by the Metrolink system, which means access to the main park is via a subway, never the most inviting of walks, and it's in a bit of a hollow, so unless you were looking for it, you'd miss it from the road.
I have no idea who designed it, when it was built, who commissioned it or why it hasn't been built on yet by greedy developers. I like it because of it's oddness and the fact it has survived despite it's neglect and the apparent disdain of the local populace.
Omitting the small ones at the front, from left to right: the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Pyramid of Khufu (or other name Kheops).
One of 3 bases in the South Pole. The expedition team has been tasked to investigate 3 newly discovered pyramids larger than all others known to man.
The Great Pyramid of Giza (also called the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt, and in a historical irony is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one that survives substantially intact. It is believed the pyramid was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) and constructed over a 20 year period concluding around 2551 BC. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. Originally the Great Pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface, and what is seen today is the underlying core structure. Some of the casing stones that once covered the structure can still be seen around the base. There have been varying scientific and alternative theories regarding the Great Pyramid's construction techniques. Most accepted construction hypotheses are based on the idea that it was built by moving huge stones from a quarry and dragging and lifting them into place.
There are three known chambers inside the Great Pyramid. The lowest chamber is cut into the bedrock upon which the pyramid was built and was unfinished. The so-called[1] Queen's Chamber and King's Chamber are higher up within the pyramid structure. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the main part of a complex setting of buildings that included two mortuary temples in honor of Khufu (one close to the pyramid and one near the Nile), three smaller pyramids for Khufu's wives, an even smaller "satellite" pyramid, a raised causeway connecting the two temples, and small mastaba tombs surrounding the pyramid for nobles.
Pyramid Club, 1984, NYC
This image is part of my PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS series (http://www.rebelrebelle.com)
Michael Roman graffiti on wall!
This particular photo later inspired my Three Part Bodyseries.
Photo © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com '09
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Entrance to the pyramid of Unas is on the north side.
As the barbed wire fence tells, the pyramid is not open for public.
One from my archives.
Taken looking towards Cairo.
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. The age of the pyramids reached its zenith at Giza in 2575-2150 B.C. As of 2008, some 138 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest in Egypt and one of the largest in the world. Until Lincoln Cathedral was finished in AD 1311, it was the tallest building in the world. The base is over 52,600 square meters in area. While pyramids are associated with Egypt, the nation of Sudan has 220 extant pyramids, the most numerous in the world.
The Great Pyramid of Giza was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is the only one to survive into modern times. The Ancient Egyptians covered the faces of pyramids with polished white limestone, containing great quantities of fossilized seashells. Many of the facing stones have fallen or have been removed and used to build the mosques of Cairo.
This is the North site of the Pyramids in area of Meroe. The amazing thing about the pyramids here in Sudan compared to that of Giza in Egypt is not the size or the shape (Giza wins hands down in those catagories) but in its isolation. Besides Andy and I, there was virtually nobody else there save for some camel handlers trying to get us to ride at a premium.
You have the pyramids all to yourself rather than it being bizzare, it's actually quite fitting. Let us not forget that these are ancient burial site, tombs for pharaohs entering the afterlife, not cities bustling with people. It's like being in a cemetary paying homage to the dead. Imagine if your local graveyard was turned into a tourist attraction or something outlandish like a casino. Oh wait, that's already been done in Las Vegas. Silly me.
A pyramid of vine glasses displayed at Wayne & Esther's wedding dinner.
Camera used: Sony DSLR Alpha 700.
Lens: SAL 50mm f/1.4.
The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest and most recognizable skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline.
Built on the location of the historic Montgomery Block, it has a structural height of 260 meters (853 ft) and contains 48 floors of retail and office space. Construction began in 1969 and finished in 1972. It is currently ranked as the 100th tallest building in the world. Transamerica moved their headquarters to the new building from across the street, where they used to be based in another pyramid-shaped building now occupied by the Church of Scientology of San Francisco.
The Transamerica Pyramid is a 48-story futurist building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco, California. The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, which moved to Baltimore, but it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at 260m, on completion in 1972 it was the eighth-tallest building in the world.
Pyramid monument (there's a swampy lake behind here) at the edge of the pool that the German and Soviet military personnel swam in. It's returned to nature (the pics of it in the old days looked really nice) and stuff.
Anyhow, the monument is dedicated to those who served here and died between WW1, WW2, and the soviet cold war eras.
Kummersdorf Germany, September 2006. These are all photos of an old german then soviet air base in Kummersdorf Germany. They're in the process of tearing it down to expand Shonefeld airport, near Berlin.
Most of these buildings were built during ww1 for training the German military. Then, as WW2 progresssed rocket research was done here in an attempt to come up with larger more powerful artilery shells, and then atomic weapons. Finally, when the scientists headed to the US and Russia, they started building artilery shells and training officers here.
After WW2, when the soviets moved in, the soviets had staging post for their troops, and started doing research on rockets for the space race. Somewhere in these pictures is a soviet explosive test area (it was a buried bunker with 35 foot thick concrete walls surrounding 10 foot thick steel bunker.) which was exploded and broke windows for over 3000 houses nearly a mile away.
The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) and the Pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus), Giza, Egypt
This is a pyramid of Epic Lager six packs pre erected and stacked before loading them into cases for the bottling of batch 2 of Epic Lager.
Ägypten Kairo
4 Jahre nach dem Sturz des ägyptischen Präsidenten Husni Mubarak liegt die Wirtschaft des Nil - Saates am Boden.
Die touristischen Zentren liegen verwaist in der Wüste nur vereinzelt kommen Reisegruppen aus afrikanischen Ländern, China oder aus Ägypten.
Zu gross ist die Angst vor Anschlagen.
Waiting for the serpent effect during the 2013 spring equinox. Kukulcán pyramid @ Chichen Itza, Yucatán, Mexico
Milky Way over Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park Canada.
When I headed out around 10pm to shoot the sky I had no idea what was waiting. The conditions were perfect with no wind and perfectly calm water to give great reflections. I wanted to shoot a little more to the south to pick up some foreground detail but the sky glow from Jasper made it impossible.
The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the three major pyramids located at Dahshur.
Named for the rusty reddish hue of its stones, it is also the third largest Egyptian pyramid, after those of Khufu and Khafra at Giza.
At the time of its completion, it was the tallest man-made structure in the world. It is also believed to be the world's first successful attempt at constructing a "true" smooth-sided pyramid.
The Red Pyramid was not always red. It used to be cased with white Tura limestone, but only a few of these stones now remain at the pyramid's base, at the corner.
During the Middle Ages much of the white Tura limestone was taken for buildings in Cairo, revealing the reddish sandstone beneath.