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Finished around 2510 BC, this was built as a tomb for the kin Menkaure, who was the son of Khafre and the grandson of Khufu, who built the other two main Pyramids of Giza.
It's much smaller than the other two, and used to have a casing of white limestone, with the bottom 16 rows made of red granite -- so it would have looked like a "stripe" along the bottom.
In the 12th Century, al-Malek al-Aziz Othman ben Yusuf tried to dismantle it, but it was far too difficult and expensive. Blacks that tumbled to the bottom would become buried in sand. Eventually he gave up, leaving a "scar" along one side.
many of the openings to the pyramids inner chambers are not the original enterances from the construction, but are the ork of looters from later dates
Seeing this guy (Pyramid Head) from Silent Hill at the festival was pretty amusing to say the least. Great costume!
One of my very favorite Christmas decorations. I had to have a German Christmas Pyramid after I saw Cousin Eddie break the one in Christmas Vacation.
View along the northern face of the Bent Pyramid, clearly showing the areas in which stone robbers have stripped away both core masonry blocks & areas of the much finer casing stones. At centre-left of shot can be seen the modern access stairs, leading to the northern entrance of the tomb. Sadly, it is not possible for tourists to enter he Red Pyramid.
The Silhouette SD came in handy when my son needed to do a Pyramid Project at school. His teacher loved the machine.
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Tallest Pyramid in the region (including Chichén Itzá) which you can still climb. Height is 42 meters, and stair inclination 45+ degrees. Most of the Pyramid is still covered by the jungle.
This is in the woods in Hoyt Park in Madison. Wha...? I can't find anything about it online and none of my friends so far have even heard of it. I think this may take some more research.
The second largest Pyramid on the Giza Plateau, built as his royal tomb by a Pharoah called Khafre (Egyptian Name) or Chephren (Greek Name). The white limestone casing is still preserved towards the apex.
I'm on the tallest camel in pink....love camels. Standing in front of one of the pyramids in Giza Egypt and looking out over Cairo.
Pyramid railway station on the Swan Hill line, unlike Boort this line has retained its passenger service
Taking sharp photos while on the back of a moving camel proved to be more of a challenge than I anticipated. This was the view as we rounded the desert into the Giza necropolis.
It may be a crude bulletin board with Post-It notes, but it's a start. Identifying donors and working the pyramid. We will build a skate park.
Though Khafre's pyramid is shorter than his father Khufu's nearby Great Pyramid, Khafre made up for it by building at a higher elevation.
The last pyramid built by this pharao, it is believed there can be found secret chambers in this pyramid, maybe with the sarcofagus of the pharao himself. 26th century B.C.
Heiliggeistkirche (Holy Ghost Church) with the Käthe Wohlfahrt Weinachtsmarkt pyramid.
Markplatz, Heidelberg, Germany.
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