Ancient Egypt Pyramids and Monuments
Ancient Egypt is best known for its amazing structures and buildings. Because of their creations complexity, people started to think that they weren't man-made. Those people were wrong because the Egyptians did indeed build the incredible buildings. That’s how awesome the Egyptians were.
The ancient Egyptians are very famous for the pyramids they built. The pyramids were built as burial places for Egyptian kings who had passed away. Today there are still over 80 pyramids. The Egyptians who built the pyramids were very skilled in mathematics. They used mathematics to find the length and width of the pyramid. They took building pyramids very seriously.
The most famous pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built in 2528 B.C. for King Khufu. The pyramid was made of white and regular limestone (over 2 million huge blocks were used). This pyramid is one of the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This pyramid was the tallest structure for over 4,000 years. That’s a really long time.
The Egyptians also built complicated temples and magnificent temples. Thee temples were built out of stone or built into stone. The temples were believed to be the gods’ or goddesses’ homes. The temples had high pillars and the inside walls have carvings showing the pharaoh’s victories in war and just in general. Many of the temples of the Egyptians had large statues of their pharaoh that they had. The statues were huge!
This was some information on the pyramids and monuments of ancient Egypt. We hope you learned a lot about Egypt and this topic. If you want you learn more and different topics about Egypt, please click the pages up above!
Ancient Egypt is best known for its amazing structures and buildings. Because of their creations complexity, people started to think that they weren't man-made. Those people were wrong because the Egyptians did indeed build the incredible buildings. That’s how awesome the Egyptians were.
The ancient Egyptians are very famous for the pyramids they built. The pyramids were built as burial places for Egyptian kings who had passed away. Today there are still over 80 pyramids. The Egyptians who built the pyramids were very skilled in mathematics. They used mathematics to find the length and width of the pyramid. They took building pyramids very seriously.
The most famous pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built in 2528 B.C. for King Khufu. The pyramid was made of white and regular limestone (over 2 million huge blocks were used). This pyramid is one of the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This pyramid was the tallest structure for over 4,000 years. That’s a really long time.
The Egyptians also built complicated temples and magnificent temples. Thee temples were built out of stone or built into stone. The temples were believed to be the gods’ or goddesses’ homes. The temples had high pillars and the inside walls have carvings showing the pharaoh’s victories in war and just in general. Many of the temples of the Egyptians had large statues of their pharaoh that they had. The statues were huge!
This was some information on the pyramids and monuments of ancient Egypt. We hope you learned a lot about Egypt and this topic. If you want you learn more and different topics about Egypt, please click the pages up above!