Egyptian Pyramids

WHY DID THEY BUILT THE PYRAMIDS?

• The people who built the pyramids were workers

WHY DID THEY BUILD THE PYRAMIDS?

• The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of many different shapes and sizes from before the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom.

WHAT MATERIALS DID THEY USE?

• The workmen would use a number of different tools to cut the blocks, including copperpickaxes and chisels, granite hammers, dolerite and other hard stone tools. The finer, white limestone employed in the pyramids and mortuary temples was not as easy to quarry, and had to be found further from the building site.



WHEN WERE THE PYRAMIDS BUILT?

• The pyramid were built around 4500 years ago 2560 BCE

WHAT DID THEY PUT THE DEAD PEOPLE IN?

• The mummies of pharaohs and their families were placed inside a sarcophagus and then buried inside the pyramids. Within each pyramid, often toward the center of the structure, was a king's chamber. Queen's chambers were also included in many pyramids.

WILEY'S FUN FACTS OF THE WEEK

• Pyramids are the oldest human-made structures in the world.
• The blocks were cut so equal that even a knife blade can barely be pushed in between them.