Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
Over a 100 built
Burying places for Pharaohs,Queens
Giza
Site of 3 very large pyramids
Also location of Sphinx
Location of the
causeway/boats/smaller
pyramids/builder tombs and . . .?
The Great Pyramid of Giza
20 years and 20,000 people to
build(?)
Finished about 2560 BCE
The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Incredibly large structure, by any standard.
height, area, volume, weight.
• Built with incredible accuracy
• Still largely intact
The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Golden Cap Stone
• Polished White Limestone
The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Main structure built with limestone
• Well over a million blocks used
• Each block weighs at least 2.5 tons. Some are
15 tons
• Granite in the inside chambers
• Constant temp
inside
The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Blocks fit within the width of a credit card
• A couple centimeters off level 4000 years
later
• Nearly perfectly aligned with True North
• Ball and Socket joints used at the corners
The Great Pyramid of Giza
• Pi and Phi
(golden ratio)
found throughout
the pyramid
And . . .
http://www.manitoba-eh.ca/legislative-virtual-tour.htm
A sphinx???
What does it say?
Room leading to the sitting room has flights of 13 stairs, is guarded by the bison
and is 66.6 feet wide, long and high

Pyramids

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    Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Overa 100 built Burying places for Pharaohs,Queens
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    Giza Site of 3very large pyramids Also location of Sphinx Location of the causeway/boats/smaller pyramids/builder tombs and . . .?
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    The Great Pyramidof Giza 20 years and 20,000 people to build(?) Finished about 2560 BCE
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    The Great Pyramidof Giza • Incredibly large structure, by any standard. height, area, volume, weight. • Built with incredible accuracy • Still largely intact
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    The Great Pyramidof Giza • Golden Cap Stone • Polished White Limestone
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    The Great Pyramidof Giza • Main structure built with limestone • Well over a million blocks used • Each block weighs at least 2.5 tons. Some are 15 tons • Granite in the inside chambers • Constant temp inside
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    The Great Pyramidof Giza • Blocks fit within the width of a credit card • A couple centimeters off level 4000 years later • Nearly perfectly aligned with True North • Ball and Socket joints used at the corners
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    The Great Pyramidof Giza • Pi and Phi (golden ratio) found throughout the pyramid And . . . http://www.manitoba-eh.ca/legislative-virtual-tour.htm
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    Room leading tothe sitting room has flights of 13 stairs, is guarded by the bison and is 66.6 feet wide, long and high