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The pyramids T he Egyptians believed in the afterlife and thought that they were necessary to maintain the pharaoh´s body for this second life. They mummify the body and they put it on the monuments, called pyramids. The pyramids also contained many treasures, because they hope that, in the second life, they will need it. The pyramids were constructed in the Ancient Empire (from 2635 BC to 2155 BC). This period was also called “The period of the pyramids”, that had a lot of dynasties and a lot of pharaohs. In this period, a lot of famous pyramids were constructed for their pharaohs, to prepare it them for the afterlife. The pyramid is one of the most famous monuments in the world, in the Egyptian civilization .This type of monument were constructed in the third millennium BC by the Egyptian people in Egypt. This pyramids were constructed for bury the pharaoh for the afterlife. But, when they bury the pharaoh, they also put in the pyramid big treasures for the pharaoh, to pass to a new life after dying. One of the characteristics of the pyramids were that, when the Egyptian people were constructing this monum ents, they constructed from North-South according with the constellations Great Bear and Little Bear. How did the Egyptians made a pyramid? The Egyptians made a pyramid with this four steps: First they made the topography to study and choose the best place. Then they made a big hole to make the pyramid. The slaves prepare the material like bricks and tools. Then, they made the pyramid with the materials. This is how the people made the pyramids, that´s the basic form. There´s more forms, but the most famous and the basic one is this. The pyramids where made it near the civilization of the river Nile. A hundred of slaves were making this monuments. When they constructed the pyramids, they made two essential parts: the first part, was where they mummify the pharaoh´s body, and the second part, was where they bury the pharaoh. The in the second part, they put the treassures. What types of pyramids exist? One of the most famous types of the pyramids is the basic pyramid, made it with bricks and very even. But another famous type of pyramid is the step pyramid. This type of pyramid have steps made it with bricks. This two types of pyramids are the most famous types of the world. They are the most habitual pyramids. The Ancient Empire and the pyramids: The pyramids were constructed in the Ancient Empire. During this empire, the dynasties III and IV have a gold period, because there´s no any war, so the people work to make happy the pharaoh. In this period, the Egyptians constructed the famous pyramid of Saggara. After that, they constructed the three pyramids of Gizeh: Keops, Kefren, and Micerinos. In this period without wars, all the people worked hard and make a lot of pyramids that are important now, in the present. A lot of dynasties made pyramids. In the VI dynasty, the pharaohs started losing power, so the country started disappearing. The dynasty X, also have a lot of pharaohs that didn´t know how to govern the land. The majority of pharaohs had problems to govern, so no many pharaohs govern very good in the dynasty X. During the dynasties IX and X, the Egyptian capital was Inhasia. What types of classes for pyramids exist? According to the classes, they are three types of pyramids: Real pyramids: Only for the king, in this case, the pharaoh. Secondary pyramids: They are for wealth people. This pyramids can be for queens, princess or another wealth people. Another pyramids: Are pyramids who their constructer is anonym, so there are called the anonym pyramids, or isn´t a king. Some curiosities of the pyramids are: In their construction: for many years, the people thought that the people who made the pyramids were slaves, but that wasn´t true. The pharaoh gave money to the ganders when there wasn´t work to construct the pyramids. But they were also some slaves. Most important pyramids: One of the most famous pyramid in the world is the pyramid of the pharaoh Keops, but they also is the pyramid of Kefren and the pyramid of Micernos. This three pyramids are called the Pyramids of Gizeh: The pharaoh Keops order to construct a pyramid in the 2.570 BC. The pyramids Kefren and Micerino were constructed in the 2.500 BC. This are the three most famous pyramids in the world. Egypt have a lot of pyramids, it have 120 pyramids. In this map, we can see where are situated the pyramids of Gizeh: Pages of information: http://revistea.com/historia/las-piramides-de-egipto/ http://www.piramidesdeegipto.com/historia/la-edad-de-las-piramides-de-egipto http://feederico.com/piramides-de-egipto/ http://www.saberia.com/2010/07/cuando-se-construyeron-las-piramides-deegipto/ http://preguntasrespuestas.es/cuando-se-construyeron-las-piramides-deegipto.html http://misteriosdelahumanidad.blogspot.com.es/2008/07/por-que-seconstruyeron-las-piramides.html www.egiptologia.com/todo-sobre-las-piramides/86-cronologia-clasificacion-ygeometria/650-piramides-de-egipto-cronologia-clasificacion-ygeometria.html?showall=1