The three largest pyramids in Egypt were built by Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. The oldest and largest, the Great Pyramid of Giza, was built around 2560 BC as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu. Khafre, who built the second largest pyramid, may have also carved the Sphinx. It took around 100,000 people 20 years to build the Great Pyramid, which contains descending passageways, a grand gallery, and chambers for the king and queen.

1. By Hadley Stewart

2. The Makers of the Three
Largest Pyramids
 Father Khufu, son Khafre,
and grandson Menkaure
built the three largest
Pyramids in Egypt.

3. How old are some Pyramids?
 The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the
Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the
oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza.
 Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a
tomb for Pharaoh Khufu around 2560 BC.

4. Sphinx
 People think that Khafre (who built the second largest
Pyramid) carved the Sphinx.
 Recently a piece of the Sphinx’s shoulder fell off and a
cement crew saved the Sphinx from falling apart even
more.

5. The Great Pyramid
 It took 100,000 people to build the Great Pyramid and
20 years to finish it.
 The King’s chamber is located in the most spacious
room in the Great Pyramid.

6. Why were the Pyramids built?
 Tombs for Pharohs
 Some of the oldest had red granite and the king’s
name in hieroglyphics.

7. Pyramid Construction
 While making a Pyramid it takes 10 men to drag up a
block.
 Peasant farmers had to work on the Pyramids until it
was the time when the Nile River would flood fields.

8. What where the Pyramid blocks
made of?
 The blocks were made of granite and limestone.
Granite
Limestone

9. What do Pyramids look like
inside?
 Descending passageways
 Grand Gallery – passage ascending (going up) to
King’s chamber
 Kings Chamber
 Queen Chamber

10. Where else can you find pyramids?
 Mexico
 China
 Japan
 Australia
 Brazil
 Spain
 Tibet

11. Some Websites Used.
 http://io9.com/5869417/what-are-the-great-pyramids-
really-made-out-of
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
 http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/eg
ca12e.shtml
 http://images.google.com/
 http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/explore/inside
.html