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Pyramid: Challenge of the Pharaoh's Dream is a 1996 education adventure game for Windows and Macintosh developed by Knowledge Adventure [1] and published by Edusoft SA, published in Sweden by Knowledge Adventure and Levande Böcker. [2] The player is an archeologist, travelling to Egypt to discover the secrets of the Pyramid of Giza.
The oldest monumental stone structure of Egypt is the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara (c. 2650 BC), while the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx were all built roughly from 2600 to 2500 BC. [13] [3] Decorated chamber in the Tomb of Ramses V and Ramses VI (c. 1145 BC) in the Valley of Kings, New Kingdom period [14]
The Great Pyramid of Giza [a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu , who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom . Built c. 2600 BC , [ 3 ] over a period of about 26 years, [ 4 ] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.
"Star shafts", or sometimes "air shafts", commonly refers to two narrow ducts leading out of the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It may also refer to two similar shafts in the walls of the Queen's Chamber, though these are discussed less frequently due to being blocked off on both the outside and inside of the pyramid.
The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC. The site also ...
English: A video of pyramids showing the Sphinx statue and the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex in Egypt including known interiors. The video and the 3D model it is based on were made by a Wikimedia Commons contributor .
Giza, Pyramid G1-d: Giza Limestone No 111.8 70.9 [3] 4 Wife of Menkaure: Giza, Pyramid G3-a: Limestone No 112.5 75 [4] 5: Sahure: Abusir, Pyramid of Sahure: Known only from inscription Limestone, gold [5] 5 Khentkaus II: Abusir, Pyramid of Khentkaus II: Black granite [4] 6: Merenre Nemtyemsaf I: Saqqara, Pyramid of Merenre: Known only from ...
Interior of Pyramid G1-b. G1-b is one of the subsidiary pyramids of the Giza East Field of the Giza Necropolis immediately to the eastern side of the Great Pyramid of Giza, built during the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt. It is the central of the three pyramids of the queens, located ten meters south of the Pyramid G1-a. It has a base of 50 meters and ...