Ancient World :: History

Ancient WorldIn the beginning of this chapter it discusses how the pyramids were built, what purpose they served, the one-third pyramids at Giza, some messages found on the stones that were used to build pyramids, and what a mastabas is. Pyramids are tombs built for Egypts pharaohs. Pyramids are large twists with foursome sides that are the configuration of a triangle, that meet at the top to form a point. The old-fashioned Egyptians used the pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and temples for their gods. The pyramids have one or two small(a) temples attached to them, which holds their relatives and servants. A few pyramids still stand today, and are vast attractions for tourists. The pyramids were built by taking blocks of granite to the officiateshop, measuring the blocks down to size, shaping the blocks, and placing the blocks into the consistence of the pyramid. The core of the structure is now completed. Then, you place the limestone blocks on the top of the structure ( they started putting the blocks on top and then worked their way down). They left two empty rooms to place the pharaoh and his belongings in. They sealed the pyramids so well, it took four hundred years for two robbers to figure out how to get in. complete citizens, drafted for public work, not by slaves of any sort, built the pyramids. Four metre expert stone sculptors built the pyramids all year round. An extra work group of about ninety-five thousand men worked on the pyramids during the four-month check of the inundation (the time of enforced idleness for farmers, since the field were covered with the Nile irrigate flood). The pyramids were built between the year 1600 B.C. and the year 2700. Many scholars believe that the soil why the pyramids were built in a triangular form is because it has a religious meaning to the Egyptians. The one-sided side might have reminded the Egyptians of the slanting rays of the sun, that the pharaohs soul could climb to the sky and join the gods. In the pyramids they buried the pharaohs body. in that respect was a chamber for the body. There was also a chamber for treasures of gold and other priceless items for the pharaohs afterlife. Sometimes a boat is placed inside so the pharaoh would have a way to transport himself into his afterlife. In Pharaoh Cheopses pyramid, in that respect was his mummy, caskets full of jewels, furniture inlaid with ivory and gold, silver and alabaster bowl and vessels, chests filled with clothing and precious ornaments, and jars filled full of food and wine.