The Pyramides-Egyptian Wonder

May 27, 2009 at 7:26 pm (Africa)
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wikipedia-Giza pyramids

wikipedia-Giza pyramids

Like the Sumerians at the same time, the Egyptians around 3000-2500 BC built their amazing constructions- The Pyramids , one of the most impressive monuments of the ancient world,were the link between egyptians  and God. 
The Pyramids were built as tombs for the Pharaohs, the rulers of Egypt
The first Pharaohs built simpler tombs, called MASTABAS. These mastabas were square buildings with a room inside for the coffin and the mummy and some things to take with you to the afterlife.
wikipedia-mastaba

wikipedia-mastaba

Then the Egyptian pharaohs began to build mounds of earth on top of their mastabas, to make them grander. Ordinary princes and other aristocrats went on being buried in mastabas. The Step Pyramid is one of the first of these new fancy tombs.
Soon the Egyptians decided to fill in the steps of the pyramid
The first really pointed pyramids were built at Giza. Khufu’s Great Pyramid (shown here) was the tallest building on earth for almost five thousand years, until the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889.
wikipedia-step pyramid

wikipedia-step pyramid

People often wonder how the Egyptians could build such huge buildings so long ago. But really a pyramid is not so hard to be built, if you have plenty of cheap workers available(who these times were available). First they built a small mastaba-style tomb on the ground, in the ordinary way. Then one theory is that they heaped up tons and tons of dirt over the tomb, leaving a tunnel to the outside. Then they began placing huge stones all over the outside of the pyramid. To raise the stones to the top of the pyramid, they built long ramps of dirt and then rolled the stones up them. They kept making the ramps higher and longer. When it was done, they took the earth ramps away again.

Still there are roumors weather These structures are built from humans or alience. Pyramids might be seen these days. Just order a flight ticket and enjoy the trip!

 

3 Comments

  1. ekaterina18 said,

    May 31, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    Despite all the documentaries I’ve watched, I could never really understand how did the ancient Egyptians build their pyramids. Aliens… – doesn’t sound logical to me either. But that guy’s hypothesis is interesting and I’d never heard of it before. Is this theory scientifically proven, I mean, is it confirmed by the other scientist, or it is just his interpretation?

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    • dambata said,

      June 1, 2009 at 1:03 pm

      Actualy it is, and you can reasure you doubts if only read encyclopedia Larousse.Also youll find amazing fact about human history

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  2. reva7 said,

    June 3, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Wow, I like really like the design of your blog, it’s very well structured. Not too confusing. About the pyramids, I saw how they built them in Asterix and Obelix at Cleopatra. Interesting documentary anyway, but they are just not right ;)

    greetings
    your friend Jonas

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