pyramids were used as tombs for the pharaohs during the old kingdom. all pyramids are built on the...
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Built by Djoser who was a third dynasty pharaoh In Saqquara Resembles earlier mastabas graphic.com/video/place s/countries- places/egypt/dahshur- pyramids/ graphic.com/video/place s/countries- places/egypt/dahshur- pyramids/TRANSCRIPT
Pyramids__________ __________
Pyramids were used as tombs for the Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.
All pyramids are built on the west side of the Nile The sun sets in the west which the Egyptians
associated with the realm of the dead.
Pyramids
Step PyramidBuilt by Djoser who
was a third dynasty pharaoh
In SaqquaraResembles earlier
mastabas
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/countries-places/egypt/dahshur-pyramids/
Sneferu’s First PyrmidsPyramid at MeidumOriginally cased in
limestone to give it smooth sides.
Bent PyramidAngle changes from 54 degrees to 43
degreesUsing too much stone?Engineering crisis?
Red PyramidThird and final attemptBelieved to be the first successful true
pyramid
Sneferu’s son Khufu picked up where his father left off
Built the largest pyramid now known as the Great Pyramid
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Khufu’s Pyramid
The Great Pyramid Layout http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac_qGnPX8eI
Inside the Pyramid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNf4-rVwME
Builders of the Pyramid For many years
thought to be slavesNew discoveries in
how they were cared for points to something else.