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Step Pyramid (Djoser)

    §  Djoser who commissioned the building of the Step Pyramid at Saqqara and the temple complex 

               surrounding it.

    §  This is the first building made of stone.

    §  Architect who planned and constructed the first stone buildings in the world (Imhotep).

    §  The Pyramid of Djoser built for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser.

    §  The step pyramid consisted of six mastabas. 62 meters tall. The base about 109 meters X 125 meters.

 

Step Pyramid Djoser

Step Pyramid Djoser Google Earth

 

Sekhmekhet unfinished pyramid

    §  Sekhmekhet unfinished pyramid at Saqqara.

    §  It may have been designed by Imhotep, who was active after Zoser's death.

Sekhmekhet unfinished pyramid

Layer pyramid

    §  Layer Pyramid (King Khaba) in Zawyet El-Aryan.

    §  It was left unfinished at an early stage

    §  Height 20m (unfinished), base 84m.

Layer Pyramid

Layer Pyramid Google Earth

Maidum pyramid

    §  King Huni built a pyramid at Meidum.

    §  The Maidum Pyramid is a big step forward for pyramid builders.

Maidum Pyramid

Maidum Pyramid Google Earth

Red pyramid

    §  Red Pyramid at Dahshur (King Sneferu).

    §  Red Pyramid takes this name from the red limestone.

    §  Pyramid height 104m, base 220 m.

Red Pyramid 

Red Pyramid Google Earth

Bent pyramid

    §  Bent Pyramid at Dahshur (King Sneferu).

    §  Pyramid height 101m, base 188 m.

Bent Pyramid

Bent Pyramid Google Earth

Great pyramid

    §  Great Pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza.

    §  It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

    §  Khufu Pyramid is the only one still intact.

    §  Great Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years.

    §  Height 146m, long on each side 240m.

    §  Pyramid consists of 2,300,000 blocks of stone, each averaging 2 1/2 tons in weight.

Great Pyramid

Great Pyramid

Great Pyramid (Google Earth)

Djedefre pyramid

    §  Djedefre Pyramid. 8km north of Giza near of Abu Rawash.

    §  The pyramid itself has a massive 49m channel cut into the bedrock to a 20m deep shaft.

Djedefre Pyrarmid

Djedefre Pyrarmid (Google Earth)

Khafre pyramid

    §  The Pyramid of Khafre is beside the Great Pyramid of Khufu.

    §  Height 136 meters, base 215 meters.

    §  Weight of stones about 4,880,000 tons.

Khafre's Pyramid

Khafre's Pyramid (Google Earth)

Menkaure pyramid

    §  Menkaure's Pyramid is the smallest Pyramids of Giza.

    §  It was built to be the tomb of the Pharaoh Menkaure.

    §  Height is 67 meters. Length is 61 meters. Base is 108 meters.

Menkaure Pyramid

Menkaure Pyramid (Google Earth)