DEATH ON THE NILE

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DEATH ON THE NILE
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MASTABAS

• Traditional royal tombs were one level stone
  structures with basements of rooms, false
  passages, tunnels,
• and, of course, the tomb.

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Ins and outs of a Mastaba
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SAQQARA

• DJOSER

• 3rd Dynasty King

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• King Djosers right-hand man was
• an architect, an astrologer, a
• highly regarded doctor even by
• the Greeks, a poet, a priest, a
• scribe, and the Kings vizier. You
• of course, would know him as the
• great.

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IMHOTEP
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BUT, not that one.this one
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He designed the STEP PYRAMID
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• The STEP PYRAMID is the first
• elevated stone building on earth.
• A tomb for King Djoser, it is a
• series of 6 mastabas stacked on
• top of one another, with each one
• in succession being of shorter
• width and length.

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MEIDUM

• SNEFERU

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First attempt at a true pyramid
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• Begun as a stepped pyramid, as it
• neared completion the steps were
• packed with stone and the whole
• structure was cased in limestone.
• Today, the center core levels are all
• that remain. The sides, which were
• attached separately, collapsed some
• time prior to the New Kingdom. In its
• complete form, the pyramid was 310
• feet high. The rubble of the sides
• lies at the base.

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DASHUR

• After becoming the 1st king of
• the 4th Dynasty, Sneferu begins
• construction of his future tomb
• at a spot approximately 15 miles
• south of Saqqara. Here he builds
• A rather unusual building.

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.known as the BENT PYRAMID
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• The structure became unstable
• during construction at its original
• angle of 52 degrees. The angle
• was altered to 43 degrees and
• the pyramid completed. The
• resulting visual effect gives the
• pyramid its name. Surprisingly,
• most of the limestone sheathing
• is still in place.

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BENT PYRAMID

• http//www.richard-seaman.com/Tral/Egypt/veDah
  shur/BntPyeramid/index.html

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• Most Egyptologists agree that
• this pyramid was never used as
• Sneferus burial site. Rather he
• decided to build another, more
• suitable tomb at Dashur about 1
• mile north of the Bent pyramid
• site. It is known as the.

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RED PYRAMID
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• The Red Pyramid gets its name
• from the red color of the
• limestone used at the pyramids
• core. Polished limestone sheathing,
• used to cover the tombs sides, were
• removed over the years and used
• for local construction projects. The
• red core was therefore exposed.

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The view below is the Red Pyramid as seen from
the Bent.
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• The Red Pyamid is Egypts first
• true pyramid and is designed with
• a ceiling and wall support system
• called CORBALLING. The walls
• lean in toward each other in
• steps and finally touch at the top
• taking pressure off the walls.

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CORBALLED CEILLING
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Giza

• - 4th Dynasty
• Great Pyramid (Khufu/Cheops)
• - Khafres Pyramid
• - Menekaures Pyramid
• - Son, grandson and great
• grandson of Sneferu

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KHUFU
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The Great Pyramid
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KHUFU INTERIOR
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KHAFRE
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Khafres Pyramid
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SPHINX
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SPHINX AND COMPANY
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MENKAURE
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MENKAURE AND CAIRO
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MENKAURE CAUSEWAY
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PYRAMID SITES ON THE NILE
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AVENUE OF KINGS
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Crocs on the Nile
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Although THESE are fairly harmless.
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.THESE are another story.
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Nile Perch
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Hippos have a limited sense of humor.
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