Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

The Windows of the World theme park in the city of Shenzhen, southern China’s Guangdong province, has a range of major world landmarks in miniature form such as France’s Eiffel tower, India’s Taj Mahal, London’s Big Ben and of course….the Pyramids of Egypt.

A visitor rides a camel at the site of a miniature replica of […]

A new pyramid has been discovered in Dubai - its a new Raffles Hotel.

Raffles Pyramid, Dubai - photo from www.ameinfo.com
Not to be confused with the Falcon City’s Great Pyramid, this one is a bit smaller at 100 metres high.
“Within six months of its opening, Raffles Dubai, the latest addition to Raffles Hotels & […]

I seem to have developed a bit of a ‘Modern Pyramid’ theme over the last few weeks from Japan’s Shimizu Pyramid to Dubai’s pyramids and Germany’s ‘New Great Pyramid’. So I thought I’d keep that going today with a post on Russia’s new found fondness for buildings with a pointy top.
Here you […]

There seems to be a trend developing across the globe.
Recently I reported on Dubai’s plans for a Falcon City which would contain replicas of the Giza Pyramids.
Preceding that was the story of the huge Japanese Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid.
Now Germany wants a piece of the ‘modern pyramid’ action. Plans are afoot […]

While Egypt is threatening to penalise anyone copying artifacts of their cultural heritage, Dubai is planning a huge theme park that includes, a Great Wall of China, an Eiffel Tower, and the three Pyramids of Giza. They won’t be identical replicas, however, they will instead be even larger than the originals!
Falconcity landmarks to break […]

Silk kites and beer will be the tools of choice for Cal Poly Pomona students as they try to build a pyramid.
Architecture students in the cement and masonry structure class will construct a 106-ton pyramid without modern tools.
Instead, they will use a technique that could have been used by ancient Egyptians.
Maureen Clemmons, president of the […]

The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid planned for Tokyo Bay.
Houses 750,000 people, 12 times as large as Khufu’s pyramid, has a footprint of 275 city blocks and would contain 24 80-story skyscrapers suspended within it.