Most Amazing True Pyramids of the World

02/17/2024

01/25/2024

Pharaoh Sneferu, still not happy with the result of his last pyramid, started the construction of yet another pyramid taking 10 years and 7 months to complete. With the same shallow 43 degree angle as the upper section of the Bent Pyramid, the Red Pyramid is the world’s first successful attempt at constructing a true pyramid.

At 104 meters it is the 4th highest pyramid ever built in Egypt. What really makes the Red Pyramid special today is the lack of crowds that plagues the Giza Plateau and the comparatively unregulated interior access.

01/25/2024

The Beny Pyramid located at Dahshur was the second pyramid built by pharaoh Sneferu. Mysteriously, this true pyramid rises from the desert at an angle of 55 degrees and then suddenly changes to a more gradual angle of 43 degrees. One theory holds that due to the steepness of the original angle the weight to be added above the inner chambers and passageways became to large, forcing the builders to adopt a shallower angle.

Today, the Bent Pyramid is the only pyramid in Egypt of which the outer casing of polished limestone is still largely intact.

01/25/2024

Frozen Lake Michigan view from 360 CHICAGO! 🥶

Shot on Sony Alpha a7III

📍360 Chicago Observation Deck, Chicago

01/23/2024

The Luxor was among the first of a decade-long wave of new megaresorts to emerge on the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. Opened in 1993 after only eighteen months of construction, the Luxor debuted with a billed 2,526 guest rooms and suites, 120,000 square feet of casino area, a showroom, restaurants, and entertainment venues on its second floor. Its 30-story glass and steel pyramid is three-quarters the size of its model, the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt.

01/23/2024

True Chicagoans have been inside this building.

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01/23/2024

Once upon a time - before the Chicago Blackhawks won three Stanley Cups.

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01/20/2024

The Pyramid of Cestius in Rome was built around 18 BC – 12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius Epulo. It is of brick-faced concrete covered with white carrara marble and measuring exactly 100 Roman feet (22 m) square at the base and 125 Roman feet (27 m) high. It is assumed that the pyramid was modeled on the true pyramids in Nubia, which Rome attacked in 23 BC, as opposed to the much less steeply-pointed Egyptian pyramids.

01/20/2024

Great Grey Owl Lands on Wildlife Photographer's Camera
📷 **Lee Cogswell**
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01/20/2024

𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 "𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐆𝐎" 2011 ❄️

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