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Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:47

The Great Sphinx

 

The Great sphinx

Be amazed with the glory of the Sphinx, the Sphinx is located on the north and below pyramids, although the date of its constructions is uncertain, the head of the Sphinx is believed to be that of the Pharaoh Khafra, When was it built, for what purpose, which pharaoh does it represent, and who broke the nose? Any answer is a matter of conjecture. Egyptologists have not found any conclusive evidence. No matter. The Great Sphinx of Giza is a wonder to behold. Among the Egyptians Sphinx were placed at the entrance of temples to guard the mysteries.

The Sphinx is a limestone Statue of a reclining. It is consider an attractive landmarks of ancient Egyptian, stare at the amazement of 2.000 limestone blocks, As a reference to the Greet mythological beast with a lion’s body, a woman’s head and the wings of an eagle (although, like most Egyptian sphinxes, the Great Sphinx has a man's head and no wings), It has stirred the imagination of poets, scholars, adventurers and tourists for centuries and has also inspired a wealth of speculation about its age, its meaning, and the secrets that it might hold.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:41

Khafre Pyramid (Chephren Pyramid)

Pyramid of Chephren


Gaze upon the amazement of Chephren Pyramid while you scout around the mysterious parts of Giza Plateau, The second pyramid at Giza, built by Khafre, it has the most completely preserved pyramid complex of the Giza group, sometimes appears to be the largest of the three great Pyramids of the Giza Plateau. However, originally it was some three meters lower than its neighboring pyramid belonging to Khafre's father, Khufu. The only similarity to his father's Pyramid is the entrance in the same, north facing side.

Be witness on the glory of Chephren Pyramid which weight around 4,880,000 tons and high around 136.5 meters, Khafre had meant his pyramid to be completely sheathed in blocks of granite, but his death cut short the work, a third of the sheathing is still visible, There is no evidence that anyone was ever buried in the main chamber. No inscriptions have been found in the pyramid except some sarcophagus in the main chamber. There are two entrances that lead into the pyramid which are placed one directly above the other. The upper entrance is used for entrance now.

Explore the chamber insider the pyramid which takes the same angle to take the weight of the pyramid of Chephren, unleash your inner adventure while discover the lower corridor which is directly under the upper corridor. This lower corridor once contained a portcullis, which could be let down to prevent entry, all traces of a pyramid built for a queen, south of Khafre`s, have long disappeared, the blocks which were used to face it were stolen in the middle ages.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:39

Khufu Pyramid (Cheops Pyramid)

 

The Great Pyramid of Cheops

Amuse yourself while explore the Great Pyramid of Cheops, which consider oldest, largest and finest pyramid in the world, it built by Khufu son of Snefru, some archaeologists notify that pyramid it take around thirty years to built and around 100,000 slave, it established from rock limestone around 2,300,000 about 6,000,000 ton at weight, nearly was consider the tallest man made structure in the world and the still remaining of old seven wonders.

The Great Pyramid of Cheops was built at 2560 B.C, This pyramid has attracted great interest since earliest times, it was probably entered and robbed at the fall of the old kingdom, during the time of weakness and unrest called the first intermediate period, not much is known about Cheops (Khufu). The tomb had been robbed long before archaeologists came upon it. He was buried alone in this massive tomb. His wives may have been buried nearby in smaller mastabas.

The Great Pyramid of Cheops wasn’t the first pyramid built, but it be popular due to the fame and glory of its size and was marked as one of the most remarkable structures built, feast your eyes with the amazement of Cheops Pyramid, The original access to the pyramid is blocked and entrance is now through the one the tomb robbers dug, the mortuary temple east of the pyramid was joined by the avenue to the so called valley temple, where the purification and mummification ceremonies took place.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:35

Bent Pyramid

 

Bent Pyramid

The Bent Pyramid is one of the oldest pyramids in Egypt which date back to 2600B.C, built by Senefru at 4th dynasty, the Bent Pyramid represent the development phases of cemetery construction, it is located at Dahshur, Mysteriously, this pyramid started at one angle (approx. 52 degrees) and then suddenly changes to a more gradual angle of 43 degrees. This odd arrangement provides this pyramid with a distinctive and unique appearance.

The Bent Pyramid it was built of fine white limestone; this unique pyramid is characterized by its two separate entrances, one entrance was on the north side, as is typical of all other pyramids which leads to a room carved into the rock below the ground level known as the lower chamber, On the west side you can see the other entrance which leads to another room carved on the ground level and known as the upper chamber, also there is a narrow corridor connecting these two chambers.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:27

Userkaf Pyramid

 

Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Userkaf it is a very small pyramid at Saqqara, around 49 meters high, it built by king Userkaf the founder of the 5th dynasty, The name Userkaf means that the power is in his soul. His mother was Queen Neferhotep but his father is not that famous However his grandfather was the next Pharaoh after King Cheops.

Userkaf built his pyramid beside the step pyramid of Saqqara, The pyramid of Userkaf was built to act as a chapel for offerings and as a mortuary temple for the king. The temple court has square granite columns in all the corners and some beautiful reliefs on the walls. Two of the temple's busts were recovered recently; the mortuary temple was located south of the pyramid, unlike other mortuary temples which are mostly situated in the east. Only few blocks are left of Queen Neferhetpes's pyramid, Userkaf's wife.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:20

Pyramid of Unas

 

Pyramid of Unas

Unleash your inner demand seeking for explore mysterious places while scout around the most gleaming finds of Pyramid of Unas at Pyramid, The funerary pyramid and mortuary temple of Old Kingdom pharaoh Unas is perhaps equally as important, but unfortunately it’s now ruined and does not look like a royal pyramid.

Feast your eyes while visit the mysterious Pyramid of Unas, it is in fact one of the smallest pharaonic pyramids ever constructed, The importance of pyramid of Unas goes back to the fact that it was the first pyramid to include internal inscriptions, The vestibule leads bearish rise about one meter and four-tenths of a meter, to the inside of the pyramid and opens onto the lounge lead to another vestibule contains remains of three blocks of granite that once closed the corridor. The pyramid interior has a single burial chamber with the famous “Pyramid Texts”.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:16

Pyramid of Neferefre

 

Pyramid of Neferefre at Abusir

The Neferefre Pyramid is known as the Unfinished Pyramid in the pyramid field at Abusir. Actually, the pyramid looked much like a mastaba tomb, but it was square and not rectangular nor north-south oriented like mastabas, The limestone casing was never put in place and so the pyramid was less tempting to later tomb robbers but it also made it easier to quarry stone from the monument (with the first stones being quarried as early as the First Intermediate Period).

The Neferefre Pyramid is unfinished state also contributed to its remaining un-attributed until fairly recently, It had a base measurement of 65m on each side but only the first step of the core had been completed at the king’s death, looking like a low mastaba and now rising only a few meters above the desert.

Neferefre is the eldest son of Neferirkare and the fourth or fifth king of Dynasty V, Neferefre, who succeeded Neferirkare, seems to have had a brief reign, he began a pyramid slightly southwest of his predecessor`s, Neferefre (also known as Raneferef) of the fifth dynasty of the Old Kingdom built his pyramid in the necropolis at Abusir in Lower Egypt.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 10:14

Pyramid of Amenemhet III

Pyramid of Amenemhet III

Pyramid of Amenemhet III also known as the Black Pyramid is located at Dahshur near Bent Pyramid, the pyramid was destroyed according to some cracks appeared in the walls, the corridor and chamber, The pyramid was originally about 75 meters tall with a base 105 meters long and an incline of 57°, It was one of the most visited sites of the ancient World. Herodotus visited the pyramid during the 5th century B.C, according to his description: The pyramid of Amenemhat III has 12 covered courts, six in a row facing north and another six facing the south, of which half are underground, and the other half directly above them.

Feast your eyes with the subterranean structure which lay a network of mazes, which contains the tombs of the kings and also the tombs of the sacred crocodiles. The pyramid core was built of mud brick, just as earlier 12th Dynasty pyramids. Moreover the roof of every chamber, courtyard and gallery is like the walls of stone. The walls are covered with carved figures, and each court is built of white marble and surrounded by a colonnade.

Sunday, 27 December 2015 09:37

Menkaure Pyramid (Mycerinus Pyramid)

 

PyramidofMycerinus

The Pyramid of Mycerinus is markedly smaller than the other two main Pyramids of Giza, The pyramid was not complete when Menkaure' died. Shepseskaf, who was Menkaure's son, finished the pyramid, This is the third pyramid of the Giza group, the original height of 66 meters, has now been reduced to 62, the square base measures 108.5 meters per side and the slope of the sides is 51◦.

Feast your eyes with the panoramic view of Mycerinus Pyramid, in 1500 it still had its granite facing which is now almost completely disappeared, Menkaure burial chamber was the lower chamber. The walls were lined with granite and below the pyramid's foundation; Menkaure's construct had to have a very well prepared rock subsurface, particularly around the northeast corner.

Scout around the most gleaming finds of the substructure of Mycerinus Pyramid which underwent significant changes, on the south side are three other small pyramids, less than 10 meters high, perhaps the one on the east was meant for the queen Kharmernehty ll, Mycerinus wife. In 1930 a collection of statues of Mycerinus (also called Menkaure) temple and most of these are now in the Egyptian museum of Cairo.

 

Sunday, 27 December 2015 08:59

New Kingdom Necropolis

 

New Kingdom Necropolis

The Necropolis of New Kingdom is located at Saqqara and dates back to early dynastic times. It is lies to the south of the complex of king Djoser and to the east of the complex of Sekhemkhet, This tomb was built by Horemheb before he ascended the throne after Tutankhamun's death.


Tomb of king Horemheb:

Horemheb's tomb was constructed when its owner was Generalissimo of the Egyptian armies, it was constructed in three phases, probably reflecting the rise of Horemheb´s power, Horemheb started the construction of a new tomb in the Theban Valley of the Kings. His old tomb at Saqqara was used for the burial of his queen, Mutnodjmet. It was discovered by art robbers at the beginning of the 19th century.


The superstructure of the tomb of Horemheb is about 65 m long and 20 m wide, the excavators found tomb of Horemheb in 1975. It was like many tombs at Memphis, It is consists of a first pylon, forecourt, second pylon, outer courtyard, statue room flanked by two storerooms, inner courtyard, and three offering-chapels (the central one originally with a small pyramid on the roof).


Tomb of Maya and Merit:

Maya was overseer of the treasury and works during the king Tutankhamun, This tomb was discovered in 1987 at Saqqara, At Tutankhamun's death, Maya was responsible for the royal burial, which contained objects inscribed with his name, It lies parallel to Horemheb 's and Tia 's monuments and is almost 44 m long and 16.5 m wide, Most of the scenes have been destroyed, both by ancient tomb robbers and by modern (19th century) stone hunters, blocks from the inner courtyard were used at the Monastery of Jeremiah.


Tomb of Ramose:

Ramose was a contemporary of Horemheb and held the title Troop commander and Deputy of the Army, he owed the privilege to be buried next to his master to this trusted position, Originally the tomb consisted of an outer court, thereafter an inner court with a shaft to the lower gallery, All walls are built in mud brick, there are no pylons but instead the gateways have westward returns for the walls to appear thicker.


Tomb of Tia and Tia:

Tia the man was Overseer of the Treasury under King Ramses II and Tia the woman was sister of Ramses II, The position of the tomb is significant: it was constructed on the north side alongside Horemheb's monument, because the latter was regarded as the founding father of the ruling Dynasty, In the west wall of this courtyard is the entrance, a deep shaft, to the burial chambers below, The inner wall-faces have limestone reliefs of rather bad quality. Many bad patches were repaired in gypsum, with the positive result that a lot of original color has survived.

 

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