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Pyramid of Khafre
Why was ancient Egypt so successful?
What's inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu?
Step Pyramid of Djoser Blunted Pyramid Pyramids of Giza Mayan pyramid, Chichén Itzá, Mexico Pyramid of the Sun Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre The Blunted Pyramid of King Snefru at Dahshūr, Egypt.
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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Gold funerary mask of King Tutankhamen, buried in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings in southern Egypt north of Luxor, 14th century BC. Valley of the Kings. King Tut's Tomb. Funeral mask of King Tutankhamen. King Tut funeral mask. King Tut funerary mask
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pyramid: References & Edit History

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Invalidated site: PNAS - Pyramid building and collapse. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Pyramid building and collapse. Nov 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Saylor.org - Architecture and the Pyramids of Giza. Jun 28, 2024
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Pyramids of Egypt, Babylonia and Mexico. Apr 10, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Florida - Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - The technology behind the construction of the Pyramids of Giza. Oct 31, 2023
Added cross-references. Jun 25, 2023
Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Pyramid. May 26, 2023
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Pyramid. Sep 23, 2022
Media added. Feb 13, 2019
Media added. Jan 28, 2019
Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - How the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Were Built. Feb 16, 2017
Add new Web site: PBS - NOVA Online Adventure - Pyramid. Jun 30, 2016
Add new Web site: Academia - Pyramid Power: Building the Pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Mar 31, 2016
Add new Web site: History World - History of Architecture - Mesopotamia and Egypt: 4th millennium BC. Oct 05, 2015
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Pyramids. Oct 05, 2015
Add new Web site: Canadian Museum of History - Mysteries of Egypt - Pyramid. Oct 05, 2015
Add new Web site: Bradshaw Foundation - The Pyramids of Egypt. Oct 05, 2015
Add new Web site: Tour Egypt - Egypt: Overview of Egypt Pyramid Construction. Oct 05, 2015
Media added. Jun 19, 2015
Added video. Dec 10, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Egyptian Pyramids. Jan 18, 2011
Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - How Pyramids Work. Jan 18, 2011
Add new Web site: Historical Travel Guide - The Pyramids of Egypt. Oct 26, 2010
Add new Web site: Historical Travel Guide - The Pyramids of Egypt. Oct 26, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jun 24, 2009
Illustrations added. Jun 24, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Pyramids. Nov 12, 2008
Media added. Aug 14, 2008
Added new Web site: PBS Online - Pyramids. Sep 26, 2006
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Egypt: Secrets of an Ancient World. Aug 14, 2006
Added new Web site: Guardian's Egypt. Jun 08, 2006
Added new Web site: The Pharaohs Network. May 18, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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