Pyramids In Ancient Egypt

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was in charge of every part of life for everyone. Some people were rich, many were poor, and many were slaves. Some were priests, and some were businesspeople. They all did what the pharaoh told them to do. When the pharaoh told his people to build a giant building as his tomb, they did so. These were the Pyramids. After pharaohs died, huge stone pyramids were built as their tombs. Pharaohs were buried in chambers within the pyramids. Because the people of Egypt believed that their pharaohs were gods, they entrusted their rulers with many responsibilities. Protection was at the top of the list. The pharaoh directed the army in case of a foreign threat or an internal conflict. All laws were enacted at the discretion of the pharaoh. …show more content…

In fact this required a lot of education, especially in math for the engineering. It could be practice, palace, and temple. How the ancient Egyptians achieved to place the heavy stones high on top of the Pyramids is still a mystery. Huge blocks of rock were cut from places many miles away and taken by boat to Giza and delivered to certain locations where well-constructed pyramids were being built. The slaves used a series of log rolling on the ground to move the giant stones. The first pyramids were called "Step Pyramids" because they looked like giant …show more content…

The Egyptians did not use the wheel during the Pyramid Age, an invention that would have been of limited used on softer ground under heavy loads. It is a myth that sleds were dragged manually, sometimes with the help of “beasts of burden, “over smoothed roads. Some of the existing pathways were equipped with “transverse wooden beams” to lend support to the sled. How the massive blocks were raised to the height of the rising pyramid is not understood for certain. The well-constructed pyramids certainly demonstrated that the ancient Egyptians were well civilized. Many individuals at this time did not know how to build tremendous agricultural

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