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Pyramids

The pyramids were built thousands of years ago. They were built to honor their Pharaohs, Gods and Goddesses. These days, they are one of the greatest tourist attractions.

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How long did it take to build the great pyramid at Egypt?

All it takes to Build a pyramid is a little pixie dust and your imagination. with that, anything can come true! I'm KIDDING! it took thousands of slaves and many years to build the pyramids.

What are some Mayan ruins and pyramids in Mexico?

Some would include:

  • Chichen Itza
  • Palenque
  • Tulum
  • Uxmal
  • Bonampak
  • Calakmul
  • Coba
  • Ek Balam
  • Mayapan
  • Muyil

Of special beauty are Chichen Itza and Tulum (see related links)

What pharaohs had pyramids built?

According to other resources, Thutmose I was the first pharaoh to have a tomb built in The Valley of The Kings. But, maybe or maybe not,king Amenhotep (the kind before Thutmose I) could've have a tomb built in The Valley OF The Kings first. But it's likely that Thutmose I was the 1st one.

What is a mixture of sand lime and water used for lubricant to move stones?

Mortar. Although mortar that dries whilst packing around stonework will adhere the stones to form a structure.

Where can pyramids be found?

you can see them all over the world but Egypt has the most famous pyramids of all

What is the name of the largest Egyptian pyramid?

The biggest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of the 4th dynasty Pharaoh Khufu at Giza near modern Cairo. Built during his reign 2589-2566BC.

It is 480ft high and 750ft on each side of the base. It contain about 2.3 million limestone and granite blocks, a total weight of 6.4 million tons.

Are Egypt's pyramids the oldest existing buildings in the world?

Yes, it is. The Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt, is the oldest monumental structure known to man.

What was the pyramid of the Sun of Mexico made of?

The Pyramid of the Sun is mainly made of rubble and brick and the surface of this pyramid was covered in volcanic stone.

What was the first Egyptian pyramid ever called?

The first pyramid in Egypt was the step pyramid of king Djoser, also known as Zoser.

It was a step pyramid, consisting of mastabas placed on top of each other, and designed by his architect Imhotep.

What was the appearance of pyramids?

Unclear on exactly what you are asking here because I'm not sure if you didn't mean to ask "When" instead of what. Imhotep was the first builder of a pyramid for his Pharaoh Djoser/Zoser (spelling varies) ca 2630–2611 BCE. He began building what was to have been the largest mastaba, from the word meaning bench due to there long flat rectangular single story appearance with little to no exterior decoration, which had been the previous burial chambers of the earliest Pharaohs but he just kept adding smaller mastabas on top of the first creating what we know as the Step Pyramid and the first Pyramid.

Who used pyramids?

the ancient egyptians built them to burry their kings in the early times. they stopped using them later on because they were being robbed. they then started using under ground tombs so it was harder to rob.

Who worked on pyramids?

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.

2. the supervisors scribes, foremen in charge of the labour gangs

3. thousands of slaves who did all the heavy and often dangerous unskilled work.

How did they make the pyramids of Egypt?

These huge structures were built without the help of equipment such as cranes and bulldozers. The ancient Egyptians used tools of copper, a softer metal than iron. Wooden wedges to help prise the stone from the quarry face and levers to help put the stones in place were also used in building the pyramids. Building a pyramid was dirty, difficult and dangerous work. It required meticulous planning and organization. Two varieties of stone were used, limestone and granite. The limestone which made up the bulk of the pyramid was quarried locally. The granite had to be brought from the quarries at Aswan to where the pyramid was being built. They were transported on the Nile River in massive reed boats. The average weight of one of the pyramid's stone block is two and half tonnes. Some of the Aswan blocks, however, weighed up to 70 tonnes. To complete the Great Pyramid at Giza, one stone block was quarried, shaped and placed in position every two minutes for 20 years. It was this hard monotonous work that was done by slaves. Building plans showing how the pyramid was built have never been found, experts use present knowledge about construction to make some intelligent guesses. One can see though how the ancient Egyptians were ingenious people as you look at the work it took to build a pyramid. The limestone blocks were cut out in the quarries close the pyramid site. Most of these blocks were roughly cut to size. Only where precision was needed were they dressed and trimmed often to an exacting standard by the masons. Once the limestone blocks quarried they were hauled on sledges along a causeway by gangs of slaves. Water was poured around the sledges to help them slide. A spiralling ramp of mud, brick and rubble was used to haul the blocks to the level where building was going on. Once at the working level the blocks were man-handled into position by levers and brute force by further gangs of slaves called setters. Once relieved of their load the hauliers would then make their weary way back down the ramp to start the whole process again. A canal connected the pyramid site with the Nile. Here granite brought down from Aswan and fine limestone from Tura was unloaded. These were special stones that involved a lot of preparation in their quarrying, dressing and transportation. A vast amount of labour, of quarrymen, masons and of course slaves.

How might the invention of the wheel have helped in the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt?

Well, having animal drawn wheeled vehicles could have made the Egyptians work more easier because with out the vehicles people would have to be carrying around the heavy materials when building the pyramids.

Why was the pyramid invented?

the pyramid was invetend for the kings so when they die the put there bodies inside the pyramid for them it was like an honor some ppl say aliens invetend it but the alien thing is weird

How were the egyptians able to build temples and pyramids?

The wealthy of ancient Egypt lived good they would normally live in big fancy for back then houses and usually in the country away from all the noise. The slaves did lead very hard lifes if they were miners or something like that they would hurt and it would be bad. The poor lived in the city normally in these little apartment buildings that were stinky smelly and just gross something that i would never live in.

Why in Egypt people build pyramids?

The eyptian built the pyramids because the kings (pharoahs) wanted to show everyone how great they were. The peak (top) of the pyramid was meant to be the "stariway to heaven". This was usually the tomb of the pharoah. He would put all the belonging he would need for the atferlife. They even put ships to lead the to heaven in there!

How tall was the pyramid of djoser?

The pyramid originally stood 62 metres (203 ft) tall,

with a base of 109 × 125 m (358 × 410 ft)

How long were the Egyptian pyramids buried under the sand?

Many things have been buried under the sand, but not the pyramids.

Wrong. They were discovered half buried in the sand. I think they were buried by humans or aliens and then the wind half uncovered them. Archaeologist believe that the wind half buried them

How tall is the Egyptian pyramids in feet?

It depends which one of the 118 pyramids you mean.

If you are referring to the Great Pyramid, otherwise known as Khufu's Pyramid, it is

it was originally 481 feet tall but the capstone and some of the stones at the top of the pyramid are have been removed and now stands about 450 feet high.

The other two pyramids at Giza are those of Khafre and Menkaure. Khafre's pyramid is 471 feet in height while Menkaure's pyramid is 213.25 feet.

How were the Aztec pyramids built?

We don't know. Any answers given are speculation.

However we can compare with other massive structures built by other ancient civilisations and this can give us clues as to likely methods.

My best guess would be that the stones were each put on by hand using many people and the structure built from the ground up. The stones these pyramids are constructed from do not appear to be too big for a man to move an individual block, so this is not as hard to explain as structures built from very large stones.

Why is there valuable stuff in pyramids?

Alas, this somewhat begs the question. In scientific experiments no evidence for improvement of storage, sharpening of razorblades or any other claimed affect of "Pyramid Power" could be found. Advocates for Pyramid Power talked about "focusing the Earth's magnetic field", "resonating shapes" and "shape energy". Needless to say, these are such poorly defined terms as to be practically meaningless.

Does a pyramid have a door?

Yes, pyramids have entrances and air shafts.

Why are the pyramids important to Egypt?

The Great pyramid is so important because it represented an amazing architectural and engineering feat.