What was the purpose of the great pyramids?

Pyramids were meant to be monuments to the pharaoh's greatness, filled with great treasures for the afterlife.

The Great Sphinx of Giza's purpose is supposedly to guard Khafre's pyramid The Sphinx's purpose was to guard the pyramids in Giza,Egypt.

The purpose of the pyramids is to keep a mummified body in there.

The pyramids were burial places for various Pharoahs. For a while, each one built a larger one than was already there, therefore, small, medium, and large pyramids were built.

Answer: The Great Pyramid of Giza And that's why you say the Pyramids, not the great pyramids.

The Great Pyramids of Giza.

the great pyramids are found in egypt

a reason for building the pyramids was to have the Pharaohs be a god in the after life

there are three great pyramids ever made

The great pyramids are located Giza

There has never been a mummy found in any of the Great Pyramids of Giza. We do not know their actual purpose.

definitly the great pyramids!

the great pyramids are in Egypt and they are in Sudan.

The width of Great Pyramids of Giza is 230.4 metres.

Pharaoh Khufu was buried in the Great Pyramids of Giza

The Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramids are in Giza, Egypt.

The pyramids are in Egypt!

They built the Great Pyramids of Giza to burry the Pharoahs in.

The Great Pyramids are located in Giza, Egypt, on the continent of Africa.

Great Pyramids are in Giza and Sphinx is in Giza near them.

The Egyptians created the Great Pyramids of Giza

The purpose of building pyramids was the honor the people's pharaoh, for they believed that if the body was preserved properly (embalming) he could lead Egypt as a God.

not really cause great pyramid is only one but the great pyramids are plural it refers to the other two large pyramids on the Giza site

The pyramids were primarily for burial purposes, to store the pharaoh's possessions for use in the afterlife.

The GREAT pyramids are the most well known and famous pyramids in Egypt.

If you mean the Great Pyramids of Giza, they are located in El Giza, Egypt.

It is said that only the Pharos and the high priests were allowed in the GREAT pyramids.

The great pyramids were built for pharaohs who wanted to succesfully enter the afterlife

there are 3 great pyramids named khufu khafre and menkaure

it was for their Pharaoh body

Pharaoh tombs.

they were made for the purpose of tombs

The Egyptians built the pyramids.

his pyramids were the great pyramids of giza

the pyramids

giza pyramid and the great pyramids.

That makes no sense at all.

Thier main purpose was to function as tombs.

The pyramids were large tombs in Ancient Egypt. The pharaohs and their wives and relatives had pyramids built for them. They were buried with objects to be used in the afterlife.

Egyptian pyramids were basically large elaborate tombs/memorials. Pharaohs commissioned the pyramids to be built so they could be buried inside.

Yes. The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the biggest of 3 pyramids in Giza. It is also the largest stone building in the world.

The Ancient Egyptians constructed pyramids as tombs for their pharaohs (kings).

The pyramids that you are talking about were built to hold the remains of dead Egyptian (and other) pharoahs.

that it is where the pharaohs were mumified

For the Pharaoh tombs

To protect their bodies.

there are 315 pyramids as of 2008

It's purpose was not really good. They put important people, and treasures.

The Pyramids of Giza (including the Great Pyramid) were built during the Old Kingdom. Most pyramids were built during the Old and Middle Kingdoms.

where were the millions of limestone blocks for the three great pyramids quarried