Imhotep, the architect who worked and re-worked all of Saqqara, became known as a god in reward for his efforts. As gods go, he did good work. I've been to Saqqara and can testify that Chris' photos capture the look and feel of the place. Sweet!
So they never intended to stop the war, they just wanted to win back congress.
1billinnj2
· 1 year ago
that pyramid is as old as the republicans stealing votes.
hank
· 1 year ago
Cindy McCain releases her tax returns....finally.
John McCain "releases" his medical records.
And what are we talking about?
Hillary.
Thanks a lot, Hillary.
Get out!
jr
· 1 year ago
excellent pictures and post
smiling_dog
· 1 year ago
Art Deco is inspired by ancient Egyptian art.
RepackRider
· 1 year ago
My business is moving pianos, and I have always been impressed by the fact that virtually every ancient civilization moved and stacked huge stones.
My hero of architecture must be the person who conceived and directed the building of Stonehenge. Can you imagine the moment when the last stone had been put in place, and he (or she) stepped back and said, "Well, how do you like THAT?"
viennava
· 1 year ago
We lived in Egypt for two years (2004-2006). Saqqara is very cool - and not nearly as as crowded as Giza. We went with my husband's secretary who has lived in Egypt since the late '80s; she showed us this small "room" - about the size of a refrigerator box cut into the stone - where you could go in and and "hear" the universe. It was really trippy - standing in their with our sons, we could all hear this muffled thumping sound. Must have been the air getting trapped in there, but still....
Your pictures look exaclty like ours - bright blue "Egypt sky" with dust and sand everywhere!
Argonaut
· 1 year ago
The form of the step-pyramid of Djoser (Netjerkhet) is purely functional. Until then, tombs had been rectangular mud buildings called 'mastabas'. Once the architect used stone, he realized he could make them bigger by stacking successively smaller mastabas on top of each other - hence the step shape. The next effort was the 'bent' pyramid where they made a sloped side instead of a 90 degree side, but part way up they realized it was too steep to be stable and changed to a shallower angle. After that they went to the form of the three famous pyramids at Giza. Finally, they realized that making big pyramids was an invitation to tomb robbers so that was it for pyramids. All these pyramids were build within about 150 years - a blip in the 5000 year history of old Egyptian culture.
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So they never intended to stop the war, they just wanted to win back congress.
John McCain "releases" his medical records.
And what are we talking about?
Hillary.
Thanks a lot, Hillary.
Get out!
My hero of architecture must be the person who conceived and directed the building of Stonehenge. Can you imagine the moment when the last stone had been put in place, and he (or she) stepped back and said, "Well, how do you like THAT?"
Your pictures look exaclty like ours - bright blue "Egypt sky" with dust and sand everywhere!