#step pyramid

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The Castillo at Chichen Itzá

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Egyptian pyramids. Atlas Larousse. 1900.

David Rumsey Map Collection

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Goddess of the dark temples

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Seated limestone statue of King djoser (3rd dynasty, old kingdom & owner of the step_pyramid, saqqara, giza) on display in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo , Egypt

My photography

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The step pyramid of Djoser

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Burial chamber within the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara.

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October 20, 2021 | Carmen Sandiego

A friend and I were reminiscing about early computers and related technologies of the past. One of the games that I had on a CD-Rom was a Carmen Sandiego one. I remember having to save a bunch of detectives(?), who had gone missing, while avoiding capture from the thieves, whoever they may be, and trying to find Carmen Sandiego, who would always evade me just in the nick of time. (Truthfully, I do not think I ever finished the game and thus never caught up with Carmen Sandiego.)

Given this trip down memory lane, I decided to search “Carmen Sandiego,” and its website—www.carmensandiego.com—came up. On its resource page (above screenshot), there is a “Carmen’s Ancient Caper Teacher Guide,” and one of the ancient places to visit is the Pyramids of Giza. Other places to visit include the Temple of Kukulkan (a “Mesoamerican step pyramid ... built over a preexisting temple around 1000 AD when the great Mayan city of Chichén Itza flourished in today’s eastern Mexico”) and the Hagia Sophia (a “grand cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey ... built in the 500s AD by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It became a mosque in 1453 after the Turks conquered the city”).

Until recently (this year, actually), I did not know that Carmen Sandiego is also a kids’ show (Carmen Sandiego, 2020) and an interactive(!) film (Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal, 2021). Both are currently on Netflix. I have played To Steal or Not to Steal, and though I made some bad choices, it was fun. 

There is also a Google Earth game you can play! It got me learning some new geography facts.

[Screenshot from www.carmensandiego.com]

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Step pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara