Talking Pyramids

While the Great Pyramid closes for the 11/11/11, the Earth Pyramid project launches. The Earth Pyramid Project is a truly ambitious project with noble aims. The goal is to get the world thinking about the future of the planet and to bring together the different governments, schools and other groups to discuss these global issues. [...]

And now for something completely different: the Glastonbury Pyramid: Pyramid Sunset by Russ Garrett. CC By NC SA For more information on last weekend’s Glastonbury Festival visit a page I put together to cover the event: Glastonbury Festival.

The Safeguard pyramid in North Dakota A plan of the Peru Pyramid currently under construction The Contemporary Pyramids blog has recently updated the list of pyramids built in modern times. The list includes many pyramids built in the last few hundred years but focuses on the most recently built ones. Some of the uses are [...]

Dubai’s Pyramid City of the Future Dubai’s planned ‘Ziggurat’ city Dubai-based pioneering environmental design company, Timelinks has designed the sustainable city of the future. Similar to Japan’s Shimizu mega-city pyramid, it is thought that the pyramid-shaped city, called ‘Ziggurat’, could support a community of up to one million people by harnessing ‘green’ energy. Dubai seems [...]

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 [...]

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 can view [...]