Pyramid aka Building the Great Pyramid is a 2002 BBC Television documentary film which tells the story of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza through...
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom...
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The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as Tlachihualtepetl (Nahuatl for "constructed mountain"), is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It...
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now believe that the Great Pyramid of Giza (at least) was built by tens of thousands of skilled workers who camped near the pyramids and worked for a...
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The Memphis Pyramid, formerly known as the Great American Pyramid and the Pyramid Arena, and colloquially known as the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid, is a pyramid-shaped...
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The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the pyramid of Khafre, and the pyramid of Menkaure, along...
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many parts of the world pioneered the building of pyramids. The largest pyramid by volume is the Mesoamerican Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state...
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The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and...
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Alexander Golod (section Pyramid research)
knowledge of this power and that it was the motivation, at least in part, for their building the Great Pyramids of Giza. Many paranormal researchers and...
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Papyrus (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
the Diary of Merer, date from c. 2560–2550 BCE (end of the reign of Khufu). The papyrus rolls describe the last years of building the Great Pyramid of...
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The Pyramid of the Moon is the second-largest pyramid in Mesoamerica, after the Pyramid of the Sun, and located in modern-day San Martín de las Pirámides...
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51° 50' 24". Khafre's pyramid sits on bedrock 10 m (33 ft) higher than Khufu's pyramid, which makes it appear to be taller. Like the Great Pyramid, a rock outcropping...
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The Red Pyramid, also called the North Pyramid, is the largest of the pyramids located at the Dahshur necropolis in Cairo, Egypt. Named for the rusty...
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The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, and one of the largest in Mesoamerica. It is believed to have been constructed about 200...
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Hemiunu (category Great Pyramid of Giza)
have been the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza. As vizier, succeeding his father, Nefermaat, and his uncle, Kanefer, Hemiunu was one of the most important...
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Meidum (redirect from Pyramid at Meidun)
the Djoser Pyramid. E2 was an extension around the previous building of roughly 5 m width or 10 cubits, raising the number of steps from 5 to 7. The second...
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northwest of the ruins of Memphis. It is the first Egyptian pyramid to be built. The 6-tier, 4-sided structure is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt...
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The Stockport Pyramid, otherwise known as the Co-operative Bank Pyramid or simply The Pyramid, is a former commercial office building in Stockport, Greater...
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The Great Pyramid Monument is a German proposal for a mausoleum, patterned after the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The concept of constructing a modern...
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on the top) and stairs ascending their faces, more similar to ancient Mesopotamian Ziggurats. The largest pyramid in the world by volume is the Great Pyramid...
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Ancient Egyptian cuisine (category Pages using the WikiHiero extension)
oxen, sheep and pigs, such that researchers estimate that the workforce building the Great Pyramid were fed beef every day. Mutton and pork were more common...
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2016-12-11. Isler, Martin (1983). "Concerning the Concave Faces on the Great Pyramid". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 20: 27–32. doi:10...
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Masters (2010) Brink of Disaster (2022) Building the Future (2007) Building the Great Pyramid (2002) Building the Ultimate (2005) Built for Champions Bush...
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Structural engineering (section Building structures)
Colorado. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2007-11-02. Fonte, Gerard C. A. Building the Great Pyramid in a Year: An Engineer's...
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The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid located at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Cairo, built under...
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archaeology at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. In 1985, he published a proposal for building the Great Pyramid using two ramps. The outer...
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Omar Sharif (category New Star of the Year (Actor) Golden Globe winners)
"appeared in the bad films of great directors". Sharif worked steadily in television, appearing in Pleasure Palace (1981), Peter the Great (1986), and...
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Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyramids. The large pyramid serves...
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The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts...
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Dows Dunham (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
proposal for building the Great Pyramid with spiral ramps. On each of the four sides of the pyramid, a separate ramp path starts at the left corner. These...
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