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
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
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!
The Sahara, with a size of 8.6 million km², is the world’s largest desert, covering large parts of North Africa. Around 4 million people live here. Sahara has a subtropical climate in its northern parts, and a tropical one in the south. Winters in the north are cold to cool; in the south, mild. Summers are hot all over the desert. The highest temperature every recorded is 58ºC in Aziziyah, Libya. About a quarter of Sahara consists of mountains. The highest peak reaches 3415, being Emi Koussi in Chad. Some mountain peaks may even have snow in the winter.Sand sheets and dunes represent about 25% of the Sahara; the other parts are mountains steppes and oases.
Metallic minerals are very important to most Saharan countries. Algeria and Mauritania have several major deposits of iron ore, copper is found in Mauritania and manganese in Algeria. Small deposits of uranium are widely distributed in the Sahara, while Niger has the largest deposits. Oil is mainly found in Algeria, and is of great importance to the economy of the entire country. Of the Sahara’s around 4 million people, most live in Mauritania, Western Sahara, Algeria, Libya and Egypt. Dominant groups of people are Sahrawis, Tuareg and Negroids. The largest city is Nouakchott, Mauritania’s capital. Only 200,000 km² of Sahara are fertile oasises. Animal life is limited to gazelles, antelopes, jackals, foxes, badgers and hyena.The bird life counts more than 300 species.
Sahara has a subtropical climate in its northern parts, and a tropical one in the south. Winters in the north are cold to cool; in the south, mild. Summers are hot all over the desert. The highest temperature every recorded is 58ºC in Aziziyah, Libya.