In ways more than one, Egypt’s pyramid at Meidum is a complete mystery to experts. Not only because it represents a transition in Egypt’s pyramid building technique, but because out…
Continue readingThe Pyramid of Khafre is often mistakenly portrayed in images and videos as the Great Pyramid of Giza. This is because, in most of these images, the pyramid appears the…
Continue readingThe Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most accurately built structures on the surface of the planet: its orientation is 3’6” off true north. The pyramid was built…
Continue readingLocated in the Dahshur necropolis stands a pyramid unlike any other. It was built in such a particular way that it seems to be Bent. Located around 40 kilometers from…
Continue readingThe Red Pyramid is the third-largest pyramid in Egypt with a total volume of 1,694,000 cubic meters (59,823,045 cu ft). Believed to have been built around 2,590 by King Sneferu, it is…
Continue readingRegarded as the oldest pyramid ever built in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser was a monument that revolutionized ancient Egyptian architecture. Beneath the pyramid is a massive subterranean world…
Continue readingMore than 1200 years after the first Step Pyramid was built in Egypt, the ancient Egyptians constructed their last royal Pyramid during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, signaling the end…
Continue readingAlthough smaller than the pyramids of Khufu and Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure was built with much larger stones than the previous two. With a base area less than a…
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