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Pyramids were built to keep grave robbers out and to preserve the pharaohs of Egypt's mummified bodies and to give them a better after life.

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Who built the pryamids of Giza Egypt?

Khufu


How many pryamids were built in ancient Egypt?

about 108


What was the period pryamids were built?

The Pyramids were built between 2700 B.C. to 1500 B.C. during the Old Kingdom


What do pryamids look like?

No idea. It depends on what you mean by pryamids!


Why are pryamids triangle?

Not sure about pryamids, but pyramids are definitely NOT triangles.


What are pryamids made of?

Stone


Who built pryamids?

Many different Pharaoh's commissioned pyramids but Khufu commissioned the great pyramid of Giza. The workers who built the pyramids are said to be farmers of the bottom class who couldn't farm while their fields were flooded.


What did the Egyptian show about their religious beliefs about building pyramid?

Pryamids show that Egyptians believed in the afterlife. Egyptians built pryamids to protect pharoahs from Nile floods, wild animals, and foreign invaders. Pyramids contained a person's mummified body, their spirit, and their old possesions, along with various items to help them in the afterlife.


How many pryamids are there?

about 80 to 100 roughly!


When where the pryamids made?

from 2900bc until 1400bc


Are the Giza pyramids still in the same location that it was built in Why or why not?

Yes, the pryamids of Giza are still in the same place 'lo these thoudands of years. Why? Because they are too damn big and heavy to move anywhere else. Besides, nobody who has enough money to pay the laborers to move those pryamids would waste their money even trying to relocate them. And the Egyptian government might get a bit upset about the whole concept. Do you have ANY idea how large those pryamids in Giza really are? Hint: BIG !


Where were the Tombs of the pharoes?

In the bottom or the dungeons of pryamids or caves.