Talk:Red Pyramid
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"el-haram" does not mean pyramid, it means "sanctuary". Specifically it means "forbidden", as in a place that is forbidden, but this is a common name for shrines and sanctuaries including al-Haram-al-Sharif, al-Haram al-Makki al-Sharif, etc.
If local Egyptians (perhaps the ones living closest to the pyramids?) have taken to calling these pagan burial sites by this name it seems at odds with mainstream Muslim/Arab traditions and it would be good to get a clarification here if not in the article itself.
- Indeed it does. "Haram" (Arabic: هرم) with "H" means pyramid in Arabic. What you are referring to is حرم with a fricative "H" (IPA [ħ])
Is it just me or does this pyramid not look red at all?--Lairor (talk) 02:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- It's just you. Seriously though, it is somewhat dark red-ish when compared to other pyramids. --Gene_poole (talk) 07:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
