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Pyramids of Giza
-The Great Pyramid is the biggest of them all, with a base length 756ft long.
-The pyramids accurately faces North, South, East, and West.
-They built the tombs for their kings.
-They cut around 2.3 million blocks of stone, some weighing 150 tons!
-Important kings to know, Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure.
-The original outer shells of them where striped or eroded throughout history.
-Scholars believe they used rollers, sledges, and levers to construct these mammoth catacombs.
Questions:
- Where did they get the limestone and granite materials?
- Why did they build them and how does it connect to their religious background?
- How does this compare to the Taj Mahal?
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This post made me realize that pyramids were used for tombs for kings.
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