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A pyramidion (plural: pyramidia) is the capstone of an Egyptian pyramid or the upper section of an obelisk. [1] Speakers of the Ancient Egyptian language referred to pyramidia as benbenet [ 2 ] and associated the pyramid as a whole with the sacred benben stone .
(Pyramidion of Amenemhat III) Cairo, Egyptian Museum: Black granite Yes 185 140 [11] [12] 12 Amenemhat III Hawara: London, Petrie Museum Limestone No 23 [13] [14] 13: Khendjer: South Saqqara, Pyramid of Khendjer: Cairo, Egyptian Museum Black granite Yes 140 130 [15] [16] [17] 13 Merneferre Ay: South Saqqara, Pyramid of Merneferre Ay Cairo ...
Pyramidion of Amenemhat III from the Black Pyramid, Twelfth Dynasty. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. In the Pyramid Texts, e.g. Utterances 587 and 600, Atum himself is at times referred to as "mound". It was said to have turned into a small pyramid, located in Heliopolis (Egyptian: Annu or Iunu), within which Atum was said to dwell. Other cities ...
The pyramidion of Amenemhat III is the capstone that once crowned the Black Pyramid at Dashur, Egypt. Crafted around 1850 BC, towards the end of the 12th Dynasty during the Middle Kingdom , it remained mostly intact and is now located in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Multi-level marketing (MLM), also called network marketing [1] or pyramid selling, [2] [3] [4] is a controversial [4] and sometimes illegal marketing strategy for the sale of products or services in which the revenue of the MLM company is derived from a non-salaried workforce selling the company's products or services, while the earnings of the participants are derived from a pyramid-shaped or ...
A pyramid has the majority of its mass closer to the ground [3] with less mass towards the pyramidion at the apex. This is due to the gradual decrease in the cross-sectional area along the vertical axis with increasing elevation. This offers a weight distribution that allowed early civilizations to create monumental structures.
The pyramidion is decorated by reliefs showing Khendjer making offerings and is inscribed with the prenomen "Userkare" (Strong is the ka of Ra), which is thus known to be a throne name of Khendjer. The entrance to the substructures is located at the base of the southern end of the pyramid west side.
The three main pyramids at Giza, together with subsidiary pyramids and the remains of other ancient structures. The construction of the Egyptian pyramids can be explained with well-established scientific facts, however there are some aspects that are even today considered controversial hypotheses.