Peak black pyramid. The top is a black pyramid. Mystical black pyramid

- Dashur -

The Black Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dashur is located 1.3 km east of the Bent Pyramid (as well as White Pyramid Amenemhet II at a distance of 1.3 km from the Red Pyramid).

3D panorama of the Pyramids of Dashura.
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The Black Pyramid was first visited by John Perring and Karl Lepsius. This happened in the middle of the 19th century. A more thorough study of the Pyramid in 1894-1895. carried out by French archaeologists Jacques de Morgan and George Legrain.

The height of the Pyramid is 75 m;
The slope of the edges is 57°;
The length of the base side is 105m.

The pyramid of Amenemhat III has a very complex internal architecture, unusual for the builders of the XII Dynasty. There are two entrances to the Pyramid. The first is in the southeast corner of the eastern side of the Pyramid. It leads to a Descending Corridor equipped with a staircase. The corridor leads into a labyrinth with many passages and chambers located at different levels on the eastern side of the Pyramid. The Burial Chamber, with its gabled ceiling, is oriented east-west and, like most of the underground chambers of the Pyramid, is made of white limestone blocks.

The second entrance to the Pyramid is opposite the First, on the west side of the Pyramid, from the southwest corner and leads to the two Burial Chambers of the Queens. It is believed that the first Burial Chamber belongs to Queen Aat, the name of the owner of the second Burial Chamber is unknown.

A series of complex passages connects the Western chambers of the Pyramid with the Eastern chambers.

The pyramid is surrounded by double walls made of unfired kripich along its entire perimeter.

It is believed that Amenemhet III built and then abandoned the Pyramid at Dashur in the 15th year of his reign, starting construction of a new Pyramid at Hawara. Perhaps the reason was the unstable geological zone chosen for construction megalithic structure near the Nile Valley. The pyramid was built at an altitude of only 10 meters above sea level. The fragile material of the main walls allowed groundwater to seep into the main thickness of the Pyramid's masonry, thereby making it heavier. This resulted in a gradual subsidence of the main masonry mass, which provoked the formation of cracks in the load-bearing walls of the underground premises.

Currently, both entrances to the Pyramid of Amenemhat III are completely filled up.

In 1900, during an inspection of the vicinity of the Pyramid of Amenemhet III by the Organization for Egyptian Antiquities, on the eastern side of the structure a perfectly preserved basalt Pyramidion, decorated with inscriptions and images, was found. Did he ever sparkle in the rays bright sun Dashura is at an altitude of 75 meters from the surface of the plateau - it’s hard to say... Time has taken with it the original appearance of the Pyramid.

Now this artifact is in the central hall of the Cairo Museum, amazes visitors with the high precision of its geometric parameters along with the impeccable technique of applying inscriptions and drawings on the basalt surface mirror-polished by ancient masters.
Once a friend and I were planning to go to the top of the Black Pyramid mountain, on the Aibga ridge. We went there more than once.
They gathered spontaneously. Although the Aibga ridge is included within the border zone, they did not issue passes, knowing that the border guards go from Alpiki-Service towards Turiye Gory and practically do not look into the Aibga circuses. We decided to climb the ridge using a cable car. We didn’t even consider the Alpika-Service ski resort because we had climbed there many times. I wanted to climb the Mountain Carousel.
We packed our backpacks, bought food, and arrived at the foot of Aibga. They didn’t tempt fate, they turned to the head of the “security service” with the question: “... what about the border guards?” A man with a military bearing asked: “... for what purpose are we interested?” We explained everything to him, about the desire to rise, and about the “improvement of the nation,” and about the Constitution of the Russian Federation, about photographing landscapes... etc. To which we were told: “... go up, but you cannot go beyond the fences at the upper bypass station, otherwise troubles await us.” This option didn’t suit us, we wanted to move on, especially since we were going overnight…. As a result, seeing us with backpacks larger in size than a camera bag, they didn’t even let us onto the ski lift. They said that: - “... you can’t carry backpacks.” Although at that time there were Downhill competitions taking place and the athletes were climbing with bicycles.
Literally a week after the described incident, I climbed the Black Pyramid with children aged 8-10 years (at that time a video was shot, which I already posted in the “Aibga-2” topic). I didn’t meet Pograntsov, but I found a lot of people at the top who wanted to wander along the ridge. I very much doubt that they had passes to the border zone or at least to the territory of the SNP.
Late in the evening, after long “negotiations,” we decided to climb, at least somewhere... The choice fell on the Achishkho ridge. They walked it up and down. What to do, time left is night and day. In the UAZ we went up to the Khmelevskoye lakes. On the same day we reached the Achipse River (Vdp. Brothers). We spent the night and the next day we climbed to the top. On the same day we went down to Krasnaya Polyana.
We were lucky, we didn’t meet anyone on our way, although Achishkho is also divided between the SNP, the Sochi Nature Reserve and the KSPBZ.
Question for travel lovers:
1. Do you take passes to environmental protection zones?
2. If you go without passes, what do you do when you meet employees of the same environmental protection zones?
3. Same thing about the border zone?
Below is a short photo report about the hike.

Lake Khmelevskogo - « Big lake" The lakes were named after the landowner V.F. Khmelevsky, a member of the Caucasian Mountain Club, a researcher of the flora and climate of Krasnaya Polyana at the beginning of the last century.



There are many lakes on the ridge, from swamps to normal lakes.


Another one of the overgrowing lakes.


Achishkho in the clouds.


There are many well-worn trails on the ridge.


The area of ​​the former weather station. The Achishkho weather station was founded in September 1929 and was closed in 1988. For several years, the two-story weather station house was used by tourists as a shelter, then it was destroyed, leaving only the foundation of the building. Before the weather station, there was a booth of the Crimean-Caucasian Mountain Club here.


Mirror Lake. One of the most famous and beautiful. A place of pilgrimage for tourists and so-called “mushroom pickers” (by the way, they are soon in the season of climbing the ridge).


The village of Krasnaya Polyana from one of the horizons. In the area of ​​Lake Zerkalnoye there are many horizons with beautiful views.


The source of the Achipse River is the Brothers waterfall. Achipse flows into the Mzymta.


The first circus. Cows graze without a shepherd.


Chugush massif. One of the three thousand meters. It is the highest point of the Republic of Adygea.


In the second circus.


Snowflakes hang almost all summer.


This is the structure that was discovered in the second circus. Who knows what this is? and who built it? Aren't these “mushroom pickers”?


Second circus. Assara is in the background.


Rhododendron. In Russia it occurs naturally, mainly in the Caucasus.


Aibga - all peaks are visible.


A drying lake on one of the spurs.


View from the Achishkho pass (in the classifier of passes Krasnodar Territory designated as pass - 1A). Mount Zelenaya, Lago-naki plateau in the distance. In the circus, the Rybny stream, one of the tributaries of the Berezovaya, winds like a snake.


Peak Achishkho - 2391 meters above sea level. View from the pass.


Also a peak, but from the ridge. Below the peak there is another lake of the same name.


Valley of the Mzymta River. And the “scars on the body” of the mountains.


After lunch, it’s almost always addictive at the top. Achishkho is one of the wettest places in Russia.


Almost the entire ridge, the second circus, the top of the “Rock Castle”, and the drying lake are visible.


Snezhnik.


This is already the way back. From the Bear Gate pass.


Krasnaya Polyana from the stone scree. The scree itself can be seen from the village.


"Rock Castle".


Dolmen on the Beshenka River. There are many of them here.


Beshenka River. Downstream is the Malaya Krasnopolyanskaya Hydroelectric Power Station.

Lastly. Photo from the tower on Mount Akhun.


This is what Achishkho and Chugush look like from the shore. There is a cloud above the top of Chugush.

Well here's a walk around mountain ranges The Caucasus has finally led us to the Black Pyramid.
For reference: The Black Pyramid is a peak in the Aibga ridge, located in the Southern Front Range. The mountain from Krasnaya Polyana stands out for its shape, it looks like a triangular pyramid, which is why it got its name.

The height of the peak is 2375 m. The northern slopes are steep and steep. On the northern slope there is one of the most high waterfalls city ​​of Sochi - Polikarya waterfall. From the top you can see the entire valley of the Mzymta River from the lower station of the Rosa Khutor cable car to the village of Krasnaya Polyana. The peaks of the Main are clearly visible Caucasian ridge: Chugush, Pseashkho.

On the southwestern slopes of the peak there are ski slopes Mountain Carousel complex.

Having walked around the expanses of Circus 2 to our heart's content, we figured that we still had half an hour before the cable car closed and we had time to climb the Pyramid. No sooner said than done.
Go))

For tourists like us, on the Pyramid a small “wolf hut” was fenced off with a net (one step to the left, one step to the right) and, unfortunately, it was possible to admire the mountains only from there. As they explained to us, there is still too much snow in the mountains and any movements along the top are unsafe.

There really is enough snow, you can even go skiing.
Here in front of us is Circus 3 and from there the cable car goes beyond the pass to a height of 2340. As I understand it, these cable cars do not work in the summer.

Clouds are creeping over the mountains. A little more and we will “drown” in the cloudy fog

Here is the larger Circus-3 station. It's a shame you can't go down there. Although in comparison with Circus 2, where spring has already begun in full swing, here winter still doesn’t think about retreating

And this is the last section of the Gorki Gorod cable car for now.

Rescue and avalanche service huts. Local people say that this piece of mountains is very dangerous for avalanches; there are the highest number of avalanches in a season.

Of course, we were not able to get to the very top of the Pyramid; perhaps by the end of summer the “wolf cub” will be removed and we will be able to walk around more. But our 15 minutes quickly ended and with the last seat we are leaving back to Circus 2 so that we can get out of there in time to the big cable car.
The last part of the journey we practically float in “milk”.

After two days of riding on the open cable car, I almost stopped being afraid (although I’m lying, of course, I still rode halfway with my eyes closed). There’s one thing I can’t imagine - how to ride this with skis? And most importantly, how can you get away from skiing without damaging yourself?

In the next episode we'll ride the Gazprom cable car, don't switch))

Mountain hike along the route: Sochi - Krasnaya Polyana - Aibga ridge - Black Pyramid 2375 m

The Aibga massif is located on the Southern Front Range and consists of 4 peaks - peaks 1, 2, 3 and the Black Pyramid. Highest point- peak 3 - 2462 m. The northern slopes of the Aibga summit ridge are steep and steep, as cross-shaped depressions carved out by ancient glaciers - carts - are cut into them. From Krasnaya Polyana in the Aibginsky ridge, the Black Pyramid mountain, 2375 m, stands out for its shape, which is popular with local climbers.
Peak Aibga (2450 m) - the peak is located at a distance of about 6 km southeast of the village of Krasnaya Polyana (valley of the Mzymta river).
The toponym comes from the ethnonym Aiba (Abkhaz family surname). According to another version, “mountain of the Aiba clan.” Possibly from the Abkhazian “abga” - cliff, steep place.

Conquering the peak, moving away from measured, routine life, a person becomes wild again, becomes part of the wild animal world!

He feels like a tiger, the world, a lion or a river; he again, like a bird, soars in the sky, flying higher and higher! And every moment the comfort of home, wife, husband, family, bank account, society, church, respectability become further and further and further under the clouds... Have you ever climbed to the top of a mountain??? The higher the rise, the fresher, the younger you feel! The higher the risk of falling, the deeper the abyss, the your life... When you balance between life and death, boredom disappears, there is no longer the dust of the past, there is no desire for the future: the present becomes sharp as a blade. It's enough...? You live here and now... What about rafting? A skiing? And what about the mountains themselves in the summer, when you went far into them? And you are alone... The higher the risk to life, the greater the pleasure, because the feeling of danger gives an indescribable feeling of the joy of life. That's why extremes are so attractive tourist routes.


From the side of the village of Krasnaya Polyana, among the peaks of the Aibga ridge, the Black Pyramid peak is especially expressive, where we are going or. Nearest locality– the village of Esto-Sadok, located north of the mountain. The height of the Black Pyramid is 2,375 meters. Having climbed to the top, you can see the Mzymta valley from Krasnaya Polyana and see the mountains of the Main Range of the Caucasus. The southwestern slopes of the peak are favored by skiers: there are trails there sports complex"Mountain carousel". Of the four peaks of the Aibga ridge, the Black Pyramid is the most popular among climbers. It usually takes less than a day to conquer the peak: if you start climbing at dawn, you can return before the evening darkness sets in. Hiking trail passes through a beech and then a fir forest. A few hours later, the travelers reach a clearing where the Blue Stream flows. You can get to the top by passing subalpine meadows overgrown with tall grass, climbing steeply up and walking along the steep edge of the pre-summit ridge.

WHY IS IT USEFUL TO GO TO THE MOUNTAINS? According to psychologists and bioenergy therapists, there are several reasons.
The mountains have a healing biofield, which is why staying in them has a healing effect. “Depending on the structure of the Earth’s crystal lattice, positive or negative energy fields (so-called geopathogenic zones) may dominate in different places. Their energy activates the energy structure of the body (chakras and energy meridians), and through them the emotional, volitional and intellectual spheres are adjusted by themselves. In addition, thanks to prolonged physical activity, mountain tourists produce the so-called happiness hormone - endorphin!

I invite you to a new route!
Your instructor Kirill Sergeevich Ermakov
The only things better than mountains are mountains!
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Hiking along eco-paths
In the summer season, eco-friendly walking routes are open at our Gorki Gorod resort
for traveling to hard-to-reach places in the mountains of Krasnaya Polyana.
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Warning!


Another!


Very beautiful!


Gorgeous landscapes!


Re going.


Instructor and uniform


Safety precautions. One carabiner is always fastened.


The rise itself is in the clouds!


Victory stance at the top!


Instructor Alexander


The ascent process is not complicated and short, in short it’s light if there is no wind or rain


The descent process is mega beautiful!


Standing in the clouds!


Sincerely, Alexander Anatolyevich.

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