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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:
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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
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