Pyramid Sandcastle

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Have you ever wondered how the ancient Egyptians really built the pyramids? Now's your chance to build your very own pyramid with these tessellation molds. Each mold is specifically designed to fit together perfectly for sandcastle optimality. The extra special tessellation is the sphinx mold that creates a sand object which connects to itself in a geometric pattern. You can lace the area around your pyramid with thousands of sphinxes that fit perfectly alongside one another in various directions. Learn the ancient Egyptian language. Each mold block has hieroglyphics imprinted on the inside of the mold that gets impressed into every block of sand you make. You can spell sentences with blocks along the beach or form a sentence on the face of your pyramid in the form of a cartouche. Watch as beach goers try to figure out the unique symbols. Each mold is specially designed to fit perfectly together and to accommodate successive layers to an infinite amount of levels. Build your pyramid to any height! Use the chart below to figure out how many layers high you would like to build your pyramid. Levels / Side base blocks / Imprinted guide squares (on base level) / Total sand blocks 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 5 3 3 9 14 4 4 16 30 5 5 25 55 6 6 36 91 7 7 49 140 ... Amount of blocks along the side of the pyramid base = Level # Imprinted guide squares = (level) squared Total sand blocks = (Imprinted guide squares) + (level - n) Imprinted guide squares You will start seeing a pattern in the total sand block numbers when you reach higher levels. Our dream is to have a pyramid sandcastle built on every continent. We took special care in building these sand molds, and the results are amazing. They're super fun to build and easy to construct but they will take time, and you'll gain an appreciation of the work that the ancient Egyptians put into building the real thing.