FTF: Boshea
This is one of my favorite places, and by placing a cache here, I hope to let other people find out about it. Be sure to bring a picnic lunch so you can enjoy the view of the Sound and Mt Walker. Visible are, from the north to the south, Mt Baker, Glacier Peak, Mt Rainier, and on a clear day, Mt Adams. To the west, Mt Constance dominates the horizon.
SpectreGeo at the Pyramidion
From Hwy 101, take Road 2620, Rocky Brook Road, 6.73 miles to the cache site. Take the second right at 47 45.372N 122 57.431W, then a right at 47 45.356N 122 58.075W. The final right turn is at 47 45.926N 122 58.618W. Bear left at the next fork. Park at the gate and walk in about a half mile, going ever upward.
Bumped up the difficulty because of the new gate and the uphill climb resulting from it.
The coordinates have been verified by two GPS units.
Pyramidion of the royal scribe Amenhotep-Huy reign ofRamesses II, 1279-1213 B.C. Sakkara, granodiorite
True pyramids (at least the larger ones), as opposed to step pyramids in Egypt were topped by a special stone called a pyramidion, or sometimes a capstone, which was itself a miniature pyramid. It brought the pyramid structure to a point at the same angle and the same proportions as the main body. Actually, the ancient Egyptian word for the pyramidion, which could also sit atop the apex of an obelisk, was ben-benet, named for the sacred ben-ben stone kept in the temple of Heliopolis, the oldest center of the sun cult in Egypt. During the "Old Kingdom", they were usually made of diorite, granite or a very fine limestone which was then covered in gold or electrum. By the Middle Kingdom" and the end of the Pyramid Age, they were usually made of granite and inscribed with texts and symbols. Few, if any pyramidions have actually been found sitting atop a pyramid, though a number of them have been unearthed over the years. The oldest pyramidion to date ever discovered was found by Rainer Stadelmann in 1982 in the area of the Red Pyramid of Sneferu at Dahshur.