Khafre’s Pyramid Complex. Menkaure’s Pyramid Complex. Khufu’s Pyramid Complex. Destination: Egypt, Pyramids. The Pyramids. The Pyramids - 3D Virtual Tour The Pyramids virtual tours can be started by clicking the preview window or by downloading the stand-alone versions.
Just drag the mouse to the direction you want to look. Use the scroll wheel to zoom at the details. Press F9 to get a list of the 3D sites you downloaded (residing in the same directory). To install the listed sites as a screensaver press F5. Panorama shootings for The Pyramids were done in the year 2010. History of The Pyramids The Egyptian Pyramids were built as tombs for deceased Pharaohs and their consorts. The best known pyramids are undoubtedly the ones at Giza. The Pyramid of Khafre (143.5 meters high) is believed to be built by Mycerinus, the son of Khafre. The Bent Pyramid in Dahshur is considered the first ‘real’ pyramid. Sun Boat Museum In 1954 a real sized old Egyptian boat was found in a pit near the Great Pyramid. Credits We would like to thank Mr. Giza Necropolis. The Giza Necropolis (Arabic: أهرامات الجيزة, IPA: [ʔɑhɾɑˈmɑːt elˈɡiːzæ], "pyramids of Giza") is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers' village and an industrial complex. It is located some 9 km (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km (15 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre. The pyramids, which have historically loomed large as emblems of ancient Egypt in the Western imagination,[1][2] were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence. Ancient Egyptian architecture. Ancient Egyptian architecture is the architecture of ancient Egypt, one of the most influential civilizations throughout history, which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile, among the largest and most famous of which are the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Characteristics[edit] Drawings of the types of the architectural capitals specific for the Ancient Egyptian civilization. Ancient Egyptian houses were made out of mud collected from the Nile river. It was placed in molds and left to dry in the hot sun to harden for use in construction. Many Egyptian towns have disappeared because they were situated near the cultivated area of the Nile Valley and were flooded as the river bed slowly rose during the millennia, or the mud bricks of which they were built were used by peasants as fertilizer. The Giza pyramid complex[edit] The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Karnak[edit]