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pyramid a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.
Pyramids were built as tombs for Egyptian pharaohs from the 3rd dynasty (
c.2649 bc) until
c.1640 bc. The early step pyramid, with several levels and a flat top, developed into the true pyramid, such as the three largest at Giza near Cairo (
the Pyramids, including the Great Pyramid of Cheops) which were one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Monuments of similar shape are associated with the Aztec and Maya civilizations of
c.1200 bc–ad 750, and, like those in Egypt, were part of large ritual complexes.
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Pyramids.
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 2/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...Egypt and Sudan, there are over 180 pyramids. Other pyramid structures have been discovered around...Some of Egypt's more famous pyramids are the Bent Pyramid, the Red Pyramid, and the aligned Pyramids of Giza. One of the most well known...
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PYRAMID GOES TO THE MOVIES; NEW CEO TAPPED TO LEAD "THEATERY' PROJECTS.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 10/26/2003; 700+ words
; ...Bob Niedt Staff writer Mall developer The Pyramid Cos. has aggressive plans for reinvigorating...is restructuring its executive team at Pyramid Management Group Inc., which operates most of the Pyramid Cos. malls. Michael Bovalino is Pyramid...
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PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY REPORTS RECORD RESULTS FOLLOWING ACQUISITION BY SIEMENS NIXDORF
PR Newswire; 7/31/1995; 700+ words
; ...Calif., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Pyramid(R) Technology -- A Siemens Nixdorf...1994. In addition to record revenues, Pyramid's gross profit margins rose to 45...with Siemens Nixdorf," said John Chen, Pyramid's chief executive officer. "There...
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PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES NEW 4.29GB DISK DRIVE, ADDRESSING GROWING NEED FOR INCREASED DATA STORAGE FOR DEMANDING BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
PR Newswire; 7/5/1995; 700+ words
; ...Calif., July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Pyramid(R) Technology -- A Siemens Nixdorf...addressing the growing storage needs of Pyramid customers running large data warehousing...OLTP) and video server applications. Pyramid's new offering also provides improved...
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Constrained pyramids.
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...PRESENTATIONALISMS. This pyramid included five plurals...adjacent word. The pyramids offered here are...us begin with a pyramid which describes...OMITTED] In these pyramids, each word starts...first of these two pyramids, each word both...In the second pyramid, the second and...
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Pyramid Breweries Delivers Award-Winning Choice; Local Brewer Wins 5 Medals in the California State Fair Craft Beer Competition.
Business Wire; 6/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 Pyramid Breweries (Nasdaq:PMID), brewers...s Commercial Craft Brew Competition. Pyramid was awarded medals for 5 of the 6 beers...bronze medals for the following styles: Pyramid Pale Ale -- Silver Medal -- American...
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Pyramid Saimira Group Enters China, the Last Frontier.
Business Wire; 3/20/2008; 700+ words
; RICHARDSON, Texas -- Pyramid Saimira Theatre Limited (http...Government of China and India's Pyramid Saimira Theatre Limited (PSTL) has...a new joint venture company Jiangsu Pyramid Longzhe Group supported and approved...
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PYRAMID AND SIEMENS NIXDORF ANNOUNCE SMART TRANSITIONS PROGRAM TO RAPIDLY CONVERT LEGACY APPLICATIONS TO PYRAMID'S OPEN ENVIRONMENT
PR Newswire; 1/9/1996; 700+ words
; ...Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Pyramid(R) Technology and parent company...legacy proprietary systems to an open Pyramid enterprise server environment. Called...Transitions, the new service, delivered by Pyramid/SNI's Professional Services organization...
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Pyramid Breweries Inc. Announces the Resignation and Appointment of Officers and Directors.
Business Wire; 8/5/2008; 700+ words
; SEATTLE -- Pyramid Breweries Inc. ("Pyramid"), (NASDAQ:PMID), a wholly owned subsidiary of Independent...Dammeier, David Rostov and Scott Svenson as Directors of the Pyramid Board. Such resignations were pursuant to the Agreement and...
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Are All Food Pyramids Created Equal?(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Family Economics and Nutrition Review; 12/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...question is, Are all food pyramids created equal? USDA Pyramid is Well Known Sixty...the USDA Food Guide Pyramid? The Oldways Diet Pyramids were designed to illustrate...USDA's Food Guide Pyramid nor the Oldways Pyramids can convey all that...
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Pyramid
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...Egyptian ancient pyramids are the Pyramid of Khufu (Great...and the Step Pyramid of Djozer at Saqqara. Other ancient pyramids are located in...Voyages of the Pyramid Builders: The True Origins of the Pyramids, from Lost Egypt...
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Pyramid Companies
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Pyramid Companies 4 Clinton Square Syracuse, New...and Institutional Building Construction Pyramid Companies is the leading developer of shopping...364th wealthiest person in the country. Pyramid is known as an aggressive company that...
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Pyramids
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa
PYRAMIDS Burial monuments...years, from the Step Pyramid of King Djoser...passages known as Pyramid Texts. After Egyptian...stopped building pyramids, nonroyal funerary...sometimes included small pyramid-shaped structures...
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pyramid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
pyramid The true pyramid exists only in Egypt...countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and...S. Edwards, The Pyramids of Egypt (rev. ed...Secrets of the Great Pyramid (1971); K. Mendelssohn, The Riddle of the Pyramids (1974).
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Pyramids and Pyramidology
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Pyramids and Pyramidology The large pyramid structures built by...the purposes of the pyramids, a number of unanswered...measurement used by the pyramid architects, remain...knowledge concerning the pyramids in the Americas only...
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