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'I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft; we have consrtructed pyramids in honor of our escaping'
radiosteve (radiosteve) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:18:51 -0000
'I love the friends I have gathered together on this thin raft; we have consrtructed pyramids in honor of our escaping'
#Zendo rule from lunchtime: grounded vertices=(pyramids-1)*5/2+3. The Master's rule was simpler, but that was the guess, and is equivalent.
shishberg (David McLeish) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:18:11 -0000
#Zendo rule from lunchtime: grounded vertices=(pyramids-1)*5/2+3. The Master's rule was simpler, but that was the guess, and is equivalent.
RT @Ed_Dale: RT @luckyshirt: I slept in an airport last night ...{do that for a year and Maslow wins and your arse looks like the pyramids}
terrapurus (terrapurus) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:59:28 -0000
RT @Ed_Dale: RT @luckyshirt: I slept in an airport last night ...{do that for a year and Maslow wins and your arse looks like the pyramids}
@kiprusoffarian bird pyramid sphinx scarab two pyramids sun = okay
toastcommunism (Kojo) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:58:27 -0000
@kiprusoffarian bird pyramid sphinx scarab two pyramids sun = okay
Manmade mandalas? Firework displays, labyrinths, stained-glass rose windows, kaleidescopes, domes, & pyramids. Space & shape with purpose.
mandalarose (Rosemary Babikan) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:53:52 -0000
Manmade mandalas? Firework displays, labyrinths, stained-glass rose windows, kaleidescopes, domes, & pyramids. Space & shape with purpose.
Just took a SOMA so I don't dream about Hillary In State or about the capstones of the pyramids in Giza.
David_George (David George) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:47:07 -0000
Just took a SOMA so I don't dream about Hillary In State or about the capstones of the pyramids in Giza.

 

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500 Architecture in Ancient Near East - The University of Haifa Library presents a study of the construction of the pyramids of Egypt, in comparison with the ziggurats of Mesopotamia. Includes images, reconstructions and bibliography.

Door Shuts on Pyramid's Mysteries - The BBC reports that the secrets of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Cheops will remain locked up for another 12 months after a door blocks a miniature robot explorer.
Meta Description: [ The secrets of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Cheops will remain locked up for another 12 months after a door blocks a miniature robot explorer. ]

Egyptian Centres of Cult Worship - Photographs and sectional drawings of the Egyptian pyramids.
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Great Pyramid of Khufu - El Giza, Egypt - Great Buildings Online - Great Pyramid of Khufu by unknown architect, at El Giza, Egypt, -2600 to -2480, in the Great Buildings Online.
Meta Description: [ Great Pyramid of Khufu by unknown architect, at El Giza, Egypt, -2600 to -2480, in the Great Buildings Online. ]

Harvard Magazine: Who Built the Pyramids? - Archaeologist Mark Lehner has discovered a city of pyramid workers. Illustrations include a conjectural drawing of the Giza plateau near the end of Khufu's reign.
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500 How the Egyptians Built the Pyramids - Richard Koslowa suggests that Egyptians could have lifted heavy stones to build the pyramids by the use of counter-weights. Illustrated with diagrams.
Meta Description: [ If people can lift water with a counter weight, why not use the same principle to lift stones, huge stones, like the ones used to build the pyramids? Back in ancient Egypt, a device called a shadoof was commonly used to move water. ]

Pyramid of Man - The House of Going Forth by Day - An illustrated discussion by Vincent Brown on the architecture of Old Kingdom pyramids, with bibliography. The focus is on the depiction of the figure of Osiris in the substructure of Khufu's pyramid.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated discussion on the architecture of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The apparent depiction of a personified Djed pillar in the pyramid's substructure is interpreted hieroglyphically. ]

404 Pyramid Precision - Writing in the journal Nature, Kate Spence shows that the orientation errors of earlier and later pyramids faithfully track the slow drift of Kochab and Mizar.

Pyramids - The British Museum provides a readable, illustrated introduction to the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Includes an interactive reconstruction of Khufu's pyramid complex.

Pyramids Without Wheels - An illustrated article by inventor Allen Dittmer, with bibliography, from Inventors' Digest July/August 1999. He suggests that heavy blocks could have been moved with sledge and rollers.

Pyramids: The Inside Story - NOVA Online tours the Great Pyramid in QuickTime VR, explains how the pyramids were constructed and by whom. Also covers a 1997 excavation of the bakery that fed the pyramid builders.
Meta Description: [ NOVA Online presents Pyramids—The Inside Story. Tour the Great Pyramid in QuickTime VR, follow the current excavation, learn about how the pyramids were constructed and who constructed them. ]

The Construction of the Pyramids - An illustrated guide to the construction, architecture and the evolution of the design of the pyramids from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
Meta Description: [ Overview of Egypt Pyramid Construction ]

The Giza Plateau Mapping Project - Research on the geology and topography of the Giza plateau, construction and function of the Sphinx, Great Pyramids, associated tombs and temples, and the Old Kingdom town in the vicinity.

The Pyramids - An illustrated description of the evolution of the Egyptian pyramids and discussion of how they were built from King Tut One.com. Includes a virtual model of the Great Pyramid.
Meta Description: [ Come explore The Virtual Pyramid, learn about its evolutionary process, or discover how it was built. ]

The Pyramids of Egypt - Photographs by Frank P. Roy together with brief information, and site plans of pyramid complexes. Also a timeline and pyramid statistics, with sources, a map of Egypt and uncritical discussion of the Orion theory.
Meta Description: [ The Pyramids of Egypt - A photographic essay on the Pyramids of Egypt ]

The Pyramids of Giza - CultureFocus provides an illustrated introduction to the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt.
Meta Description: [ Pictures and history of the Egyptian Pyramids of Giza including the Great Pyramid of Khafre - remarkable tombs of ancient Egypt pharaohs. ]

The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser - Clickable plan and images, provided by the University of Pennsylvania.

The Upuaut Project - Computer-based study combined with robotic investigation of the shafts in the Great Pyramid of Cheops by engineer Rudolf Gantenbrink. He argues that they were not air shafts.
Meta Description: [ Upuaut Project Cheops Pyramid airshaft investigation By Rudolf Gantenbrink ]

The Ziggurats - Aerial views, reconstructions, ground plans, and information about the methods used to construct the ziggurats at Uruk, Ur and Babylon.