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possibly a Pyramidal orchid.
Found a single specimen above the beach on the Greek island of Syros.
We arrived yesterday and I aim to download some photos from here over the next 10 days. I hope quality is ok (these are transferred from camera to phone but are only small files
CaméraNikon D90
Exposition0,033 sec (1/30)
Ouverturef/2.8
Longueur focale50 mm
Longueur focale50.4 mm
Vitesse ISO1250
Three pyramids ?
Rock pyramids on these ridges overlooking Lake Estaing in the Pyrenees. Triangular shapes and oblique lines.
Gola de Pujol, uno de los canales que vierten el agua dulce del lago de La Albufera al mar.
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Pujol Mouth, one of the channels that flows the fresh water from La Albufera lake to the sea.
Egypt tombs suggest pyramids not built by slaves.
CAIRO (Reuters) - New tombs found in Giza support the view that the Great Pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves, as widely believed, Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Sunday.
Films and media have long depicted slaves toiling away in the desert to build the mammoth pyramids only to meet a miserable death at the end of their efforts.
"These tombs were built beside the king's pyramid, which indicates that these people were not by any means slaves," Zahi Hawass, the chief archaeologist heading the Egyptian excavation team, said in a statement.
"If they were slaves, they would not have been able to build their tombs beside their king's."
He said the collection of workers' tombs, some of which were found in the 1990s, were among the most significant finds in the 20th and 21st centuries. They belonged to workers who built the pyramids of Khufu and Khafre.
Hawass had earlier found graffiti on the walls from workers calling themselves "friends of Khufu" -- another sign that they were not slaves.
The tombs, on the Giza plateau on the western edge of Cairo, are 4,510 years old and lie at the entrance of a one-km (half mile)-long necropolis.
Hawass said evidence had been found showing that farmers in the Delta and Upper Egypt had sent 21 buffalo and 23 sheep to the plateau every day to feed the builders, believed to number around 10,000 -- or about a tenth of Greek historian Herodotus's estimate of 100,000.
These farmers were exempted from paying taxes to the government of ancient Egypt -- evidence that he said underscored the fact they were participating in a national project.
The first discovery of workers' tombs in 1990 came about accidentally when a horse stumbled on a brick structure 10 meters (yards) away from the burial area.
(Writing by Marwa Awad; Editing by Alison Williams and Michael Roddy)
seen in Berlin, Kurfürstendamm
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The bent pyramid in Dashur, Egypt, built under the reign of the pharaoh Snefru over 4,600 years ago!
The Pyramid of the 21st century under construction at Montoir de Bretagne - FRANCE.
According to the latest translations of the bas-reliefs, it is in honor of Pharaoh "CMA CGM" that this pyramid would be erected.
La Pyramide du 21ème siècle en cours de construction à Montoir de Bretagne.
Selon les dernières traductions des bas-reliefs, c'est en l'honneur du Pharaon "CMA CGM" que cette pyramide serait érigée.
Montoir de Bretagne
FRANCE
Les "libellules" sont de retour !
A l'intérieur de la Pyramide, l'oeuvre monumentale de Barthélémy Toguo, "Le pilier des migrants disparus" :
www.louvre.fr/en-ce-moment/vie-du-musee/barthelemy-toguo-...
The Great Pyramids of Giza, Al Haram, Nazlet El-Semman, Al Haram, Giza, Egypt.
It is believed to be the architect of the Great Pyramid was Hemiunu who was also a member of the Royal Family.
Khufu also was considered the highest man-made structure for more than 3,800 years.
The Pyramids are Khufu (139m Height), Khafre (136m Height), and Menkaure (65m Height).
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Taken on my mini road trip at the beginning of the month.
This is Pyramid Mountain reflecting into Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park.
The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the country's pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods.
The most famous 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. The Pyramid of Khufu is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids
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The Louvre Inverted Pyramid is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in front of the Louvre Museum in France. It may be thought of as a smaller sibling of the more famous Louvre Pyramid proper yet turned upside down: its upturned base is easily seen from outside.
The inverted pyramid marks the intersection of two main underground walkways beneath the Place du Carrousel and orients visitors towards the museum entrance under the Cour Napoléon. Tensioned against a 30-tonne (33-short-ton), 13.3-metre (44 ft) square steel caisson frame, the inverted pyramidal shape in laminated glass points downward towards the floor.
Directly below the tip of the downwards-pointing glass pyramid, a small stone pyramid (about 1 m, 3.3 ft) is stationed on the floor, as if mirroring the larger structure above: The tips of the two pyramids almost touch.
The Pyramide Inversée was designed by architect I.M. Pei, and installed as part of the Phase II government renovation of the Louvre Museum, known as the Grand Louvre project. It was completed in 1993. In 1995, it was a finalist in the Benedictus Awards, described by the jury as "a remarkable anti-structure ... a symbolic use of technology ... a piece of sculpture. It was meant as an object, but it is an object to transmit light."
(source: Wikipedia)
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Cour Napoléon of the Louvre with glass pyramid
The glass pyramid in the Louvre courtyard was built from 1985 to 1989 and serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum in the French capital Paris
pyramids, 2016
pyramid models with laser beam,
variable size
... only light source is the red laser beam... taken with 5 minutes exposure...
Christmas pyramids (Weihnachtspyramide) are Christmas decorations that have their roots in the folklore and customs of the Ore Mountain region of Germany, but which have become popular internationally.
The Christmas Pyramid at the Kröpcke square.
Hannover (Lower Saxony) Germany
Not very much is understood about the Cheops Pyramid. This pyramid was robbed long before archeologists knew about it. Anything about King Cheops was taken when the tomb was robbed. King Cheops (also known as Kufu) was believed to have been the ruler of a very advanced group. He was probably very rich and well respected. Archeologists know this because his pyramid was so big.
King Cheops was buried alone in his big pyramid. His wives were probably buried in three smaller pyramids nearby. King Cheops’ Pyramid was probably built between 2589-2566 BC. It supposedly took over 2,300,000 giant stone blocks to make the Cheops Pyramid. Each stone block weighed over 2.5 tons. Researchers think it must have taken over 100,000 men to build the Cheops Pyramid.
A52 The Chain Pyramidal Orchid...the population seems to have made some recovery after a tractor churned up the verge on this PROTECTED area a few years ago. Nowhere near as many orchids as there used to be though...