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Pyramids Posters, Prints and Photographs
for art, art history and social studies classrooms, home schoolers and theme decor.
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education posters > art > architecture posters > pyramids < social studies
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Pyramids are geometric shaped structures formed by connecting a polygonal base, usually thought of as a square, and a point called an apex, by triangular faces. Pyramids were built by many ancient peoples, most notably the Egyptian and the Mayan cultures.
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A ziggurat is a stepped or terraced tower of successively receding stories or levels. Because the tops of ziggurats are flat they are not technically pyramids.
Ziggurats are found in the Middle East, built by the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians of Mesopotania. Because they were contructed out of mud brick not many survive. The Ziggurat of Ur was built c. 2100 BC, to worship the moon god Nanna.
The biblical story of the Tower of Babel may have been referred to a ziggurat.
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The three largest pyramids in Egypt from left to right are the pyramid of Menkaura with its subsidiary pyramids, the pyramid of Khafre, and the Great Pyramid of Khufa is the largest, which covers 13 acres and had an original height of 481 feet.
• World Heritage Site
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The Great Living Chola Temples are Hindu temples in the Tamil Nadu State of southern India, dating to the Chola dynasty rule in the 11th century CE.
• UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Transamerica Pyramid,
San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Transamerica Pyramid is the most recognizable and tallest skyscraper in it's skyline. Designed by William L. Pereira, it is the 100th tallest skyscraper in the world (10/08).
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