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Pyramids

The ancient Egyptians built the pyramids as grand royal tombs for their kings, also known as Pharaohs. These monumental structures, constructed near the Nile River, required the labor of around 100,000 workers over a span of 20 years.

Pyramids

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