Many civilisations built pyramids.
The Egyptian pyramids are the most famous. But the country with the most pyramids is actually Sudan.
Skilled workers the most important of whom were the stone masons. Thousands of slaves did the heavy unskilled labour. Most if not all of these slaves were naked.
Egyptians built the Pyramids. But who were they exactly?
A large number of people perhaps 10,000 to 30,000 at any one time
1. Skilled workers such as masons, carpenters, smiths (coppersmiths rather than blacksmiths), rope makers and surveyors. The most important were the masons.
2. the supervisors scribes, foremen in charge of the labour gangs
3. thousands of slaves, who were probably naked, did all the heavy and often dangerous unskilled work.
slaves but not Jewish slaves. The Biblical account, if it is to be believed, of the children of Israel in Egypt places them in the New Kingdom about 1500 years after the Giza pyramids were built.
the Egyptian people built the pyramids with the help of oxen
1'0000 bc
pyrimids were built in 20,000 BC [Before Christ] it was built by slaves in Egypt By David Pace it was bulit because lots if people where living around there by izzy
The Menkaure's pyramid was built to serve as the tomb of the fourth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Menkaure.
they thought it would bring the pharaoh up to heaven
no one invented it! It was built by a group of Egyptians and americans the person who owns it is dead
I'm pretty sure that it was the Jewish slaves.
sand stone/brick
To worship the Gods.
1'0000 bc
pyrimids
the pyramids were built as monuments to house the tombs of the pharaohs. Hope this will help :)
Egypt, mainly near the Nile River
The people who study pyrimids are archeologists. If they are Egyptian pyramids then they are egyptologists.
The pyramids were built from granite rock blocks.
Pyrimids of Giza in Egypt The Egyptian pyramids are fine examples of square based pyramids.
Ordinary workers were paid to built pyramids .They were given bread,vegetables and beer. They were most probably naked too low in status to be given clothes.
pyrimids were built in 20,000 BC [Before Christ] it was built by slaves in Egypt By David Pace it was bulit because lots if people where living around there by izzy