Pyramids
inside
passageways
burial rooms for family and servants
paintings on walls
treasure and items to use in the afterlife
largest
Great Pyramid of Giza
points very precisely to the North
made of
2.3 million blocks of rock weighing 5.9 million tons
Pyramid of Khufu
what?
royal tombs
millions of stones
built by hand
for some 100,000 workers labored over 20 years
for who?
ancient Egyptian kings
also known as
Pharaohs
where?
close to the Nile
when?
Ancient Egypt
first pyramid built 5000 years ago
Step Pyramid