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Why were pyramids built in the desert and never on the ferile land beside the nile river?
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∙ 11y ago
It was because it was a dry environment. If they were built on fertile land than the moisture would get in to every crevace and decompose the stone, the pharaoh and make all their valuable metal/gold belongings rusty. Before the Pharaohs were put into their tombs, they were left under salt piles up to 42 days to draw all of the moisture of of their bodies so that their flesh wouldnt rot when they were mummified. Hope that helps you!
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agothis is a strait guess but they were maybe made in the desert because...
1. the Egyptians live in Africa in a desert area.
and 2. because they had so much sun and it was so hot so maybe the bricks they used dried faster.
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∙ 11y agoIt is because there were flooding during July, August and September of the Nile, so the water may destroy the pyramids if those pyramids were built by the Nile.
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What was it like for the people who built the pyramids working in the desert?
Totally Very hot.
Can earth homes be built in the desert?
yes like pyramids and sand houses and ant houses
How were the first pyramids built?
they were step pyramids built out of stone
Where were ancient pyramids built?
Ancient Pyramids were built in Egypt and Mexico!
Were the first pyramids built out of mud?
No the first pyramids were built from stone, it were the later pyramids that were made from mud bricks
What were Maya pyramids built for?
built elabroate limestone pyramids for religious mcermonies
When the pyramids were built what were the pyramids called?
pharoahs
How many Mayan pyramids were built and where were they built?
there were 13 Mayan pyramids built and they were built around Memphis, closer to the Sahara
Where were the pyramids built?
Numerous pyramids have been built at different moments in time and in different places. The Great Pyramids at Giza, which are the most famous Egyptian pyramids, are built near to the modern city of Giza on the west bank of the Nile River. Numerous Nubian pyramids were built in southern Egypt. There are Mayan pyramids in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, and numerous other pyramids (such as the Pyramid at the Louvre in Paris).the built the pyramids in EgyptP
When pyramids built and why?
The pyramids were built to protect the body of the dead pharaoh. Pyramids were built until the Egyptian middle kingdom ended. (c.1550BC) ~ Bye...'!
How they built pyramids?
they built pyramids with dried mud, stone and other sorts of recourse's
why aren't they part of the pyramids built today?
Pyramids are not being built today. And you have not said who they are.
