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The layer pyramid exhibits at one site both complex developments concerning its substructures and simplifications concerning the building methods employed for the superstructure. According to these egyptologists, the layer pyramid is a clearly advanced version of the buried pyramid of Sekhemkhet. [4] [5] [10]
The final, fourth layer will consist of 4 blocks, arranged in a 2-by-2 format, which upon completion will complete the structure. The completed pyramid will have taken just shy of a decade less to build than Wemding's age at the time that the first block was laid.
Houdin published his theory in the books Khufu: The Secrets Behind the Building of the Great Pyramid in 2006 [52] and The Secret of the Great Pyramid, co-written in 2008 with Egyptologist Bob Brier. [53] In Houdin's method, each ramp inside the pyramid ended at an open space, a notch temporarily left open in the edge of the construction. [54]
The northern structure's owner is believed to be pharaoh Nebka, while the southern structure, known as the Layer Pyramid, may be attributable to the Third Dynasty pharaoh Khaba, a close successor of Sekhemkhet. If this attribution is correct, Khaba's short reign could explain the seemingly unfinished state of this step pyramid.
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The pyramid at Meidum is thought to be just the second pyramid of four built by Sneferu after Djoser's [3] and may have been originally built for Huni, the last pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, and continued by Sneferu. Because of its unusual appearance, the pyramid is called el-heram el-kaddaab (false pyramid) in Egyptian Arabic.
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The commissioner of the New York Police Department said there are "no specific credible threats" to the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square.