1929 Egypt Meidum Maidum Pyramid Huni Sneferu Desert - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE EG1 GRC3 Spellman College

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They are seated in front of a wall decorated with pictorial drawings done in red pigment

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There is light creasing/wrinkling in the left margin and yellow aging/foxing marks in the top margin

1929 Egypt Meidum Maidum Pyramid Huni Sneferu Desert - ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAVURE EG1 GRC3 Spellman CollegeThis is an original 1929 photogravure of the Meidum or Maidum Pyramid south of Cairo, Egypt. This pyramid was originally built for the Pharaoh Huni but was completed by his successor, Sneferu, (Snephru, Snefru or Snofru), who turned it from a step side pyramid to a smooth side pyramid by filling in the steps with limestone encasing. The outer layers of the pyramid began to collapse, leaving the exposed core showing. Because of its appearance, this