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The pyramids that we see in Egypt today continue to be ‘Wonders of the World’. They were built thousands of years ago and yet still stand. The ancient Egyptians created the pyramids as burial tombs to honor their pharaohs and since they believe them to be both man and god, they made the pyramids in.
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Covered in polished white limestone, the pyramids seem to glow in the sunlight. The Egyptians working on the pyramids are helping create a culture that will last more than 3,000 years—it will...
- Jessica Van Dop Dejesus
There are around 138 Egyptian pyramids. Some of them are huge. The largest is the Pyramid of Khufu, also called the Great Pyramid of Giza. When it was first built it was over 480 feet tall! It was the tallest man-made structure for over 3800 years and is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The pyramids were generally very large square structures made of limestone and all of them face due North. The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years and contains approximately 6 million tons of stone. The Great Pyramid at Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
A pyramid is a large structure with four sides that usually slope upward and meet at a point. The base of a pyramid is a rectangle, and the sides are usually triangles. People throughout the world have built pyramids at different times. The most famous pyramids were built in ancient Egypt more than 4,500 years ago.
This primary resource investigates some of the secrets of the Great Pyramids of Ancient Egypt. Discover what materials were used to construct the pyramids. What is the largest pyramid known as? How many years did it take to build? What did some people believe the pyramids were in the 1960s?
The Pyramids of Giza (also spelled Gizeh) are three enormous pyramids in northern Egypt. They were built in the 4th dynasty, which lasted roughly from 2575 to 2465 bc, during the period in ancient Egypt known as the Old Kingdom. Paid laborers erected the pyramids on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River near Giza.
