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From the Cattle Guard Beach area off NV-445 on the west shore of the lake, the Pyramid (center) from which the lake gets its name is easily visible. Anaho Island is at left.
This pyramid does not just serve ornamental purposes: it is an actual monument for William's son who died in 1784.
Located on an island, it is ofcourse inspired by the Rousseau-island at Ermenonville (and/or the one at Wörlitz).
Khafra's Pyramid in the foreground, the Great Pyramid behind it. The Great Pyramid is larger, but Khafra's often appears larger because of positioning. Khafra was Khufu's son.
We went to the central burial chambers of both of these pyramids.
The Louvre Pyramid was built on the axis of the French Revolution. The central courtyard, on the axis of the Champs-Élysées, is occupied by the Louvre Pyramid, built in 1989, and serves as the main entrance to the museum
My attempt at taking a family portrait for Emma, Ellen, Brandon, Chris, Mark, Beth and Bill.
I just uploaded a few of the funny ones :-)
Pyramide du Louvre, sous le président Mitterrand, architecte Ieoh Ming Pei, commandée en 1983, inaugurée le 4 mars 1988.
Paris, Le Louvre, de Phlippe Auguste à François Mitterrand, du château-fort à la pyramide, en passant par la Cour Carrée, la Cour Napoléon, et la statue équestre de Louis XIV.
balades des 4 et 5 juin 2009
© gaelle kermen 2009
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre), designed by I.M. Pei, is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum.
The 6th Dynasty pyramids of Neferirkare, Niuserre and Sahure at Abusir as seen from Saqqara (from the Tomb of Ti). The site of Abusir isn't currently open to visitors but its pyramids are easily visible from Saqqara further south. Along with the pyramids of Dahshur (visible to the south of Saqqara) and the Giza pyramids (visible to the north of Abusir on a clear day) the proximity of all these ancient sites reminds us that their modern designation merely relfects the nearest present-day settlements to each site and they should be considered as one vast site stretching several miles from Dahshur to Giza, constituting the ancient necropolis of Memphis.
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.
The Pyramid of Khufu or Cheops was constructed between 2580 and 2560 BCE. It is the largest pyramid in the world and was the tallest manmade structure for 3800 years.
Restoration or something is going on at the Step Pyramid. Below it is the Funerary complex of Djoser.