There are many more than just the three Giza Pyramids, and today we visited what might be my favorite, the Bent Pyramid. This pyramid changes slope angle partway up, suggesting that the original steep angle was realized to be too much (stability? asthetics? time?) – whatever the reason for the angle change, this pyramid makes it clear that early design was somewhat trial and error …
We later visited the Djoser or Step Pyramid which we were told was a very early design, perhaps initially just a stone platform that then had multiple smaller platforms put on top to give the final stepped pyramid shape. This pyramid is part of a big complex with a colonnade entrance, walls, temples and tombs …
I also spotted the Giza Pyramids in the distance – in this view you can’t see Cairo and it makes those pyramids look much more alone as they might have been many thousands of years ago when they were built:
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