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What was a tall four sided pillar that is pointed in the top?
Pyramid
What did the inside of the pyramids look like?
It depends on what pyramids they were, but most had many secret passages and crazy tunnels and trap doors. In the pyramids there was one room were the king or queens sarcophagus would be held, usually more to the top so they could get to the gods faster.
Were the Egyptian Pyramids colored or painted in anyway?
The pyramids were not painted although a particular type of stone was used to obtain the desired effect. For example, the three pyramids at Giza were cased in polished white stone which made them gleam in the sunlight. The top stone or pyramidon was sometimes cased in gold.
Names of pyramids?
The three 'great pyramids' of Giza were built during the 4th dynasty. The names of the pyramids are Khufu, Kharfe, and Menkaure.
How were the first pyramids built?
they were step pyramids built out of stone
Is a pyramid shape a prism?
No, infact a pyramid is inside its own group! There are square based pyramids with four sides and triangular based pyramids with 3 sides, each leading to a pointed top.
How are pyramids named?
From Greek mathematics. That's why a pyramid in geometry is called a pyramid, not because they named the shape after Egyptian monuments.
Why are pyramids pointed?
Because if they didn't come to a point they wouldn't be a pyramid.
What is a Pointed top?
A Pointed Hilltop is called A Peak.
Do pyramids always have points at the top?
Egyptian pyramids usually did; Mesoamerican pyramids generally did not.
Why did egytians built pyramids?
The pyramids were built as a tomb for the pharaoh and his/her family. The pyramids were shaped as a pyramid because it pointed to the sky and to Aryans belt (the three Star's three kings)). The sky was where the afterlife was so the pyramid pointed to it also the pyramid also mirrored the stars because they believed that the stars were gods from the heavens above. The pyramids was a place for the pharaoh to travel to the afterlife.
What did the Egyptians build insted of pyramids?
The Egyptians also built their tombs in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. They also built temples to their gods, and obleskis (large, straight, pointed at the top, monuments) .
What is a pointed hill top?
A Pointed Hilltop is called A Peak.
What is the coating on top of the Great Pyramids?
At one time the pyramids were covered in limestone.
Did kush people influence the pyramids?
Yes! Three times as many as ancient Egypt - but the pyramids in ancient Kush were not as tall, are steeper and have flat tops rather than pointed
Things shaped like square pyramid?
I think No. The pyramids pointed to a star and they belived that the sprit of the dead will go there.
What is the thing on top of pyramids called?
The top of the pyramid is called the 'Apex.'
