Transcript Mateen Moghbel Div. 3 Computers

Pyramids are the towering building towers which
contain the burial tombs of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.
The first “modern” pyramid was built around 2630 B.C. There
were earlier pyramids called “mastabas,” but they were flat at
the top . Some of the most famous pyramids are the Pyramids
of Giza, belonging to the pharaoh Kufu (or Cheops).
Pyramids were made of layers of heavy stones, for
example limestone. Workers would mine blocks of limestone.
Then, slaves would pull it to the building site on a trolley.
Then, they would be pulled up to the layer they were working
on, and set in place.
Since pyramid-building was such hard and strenuous
work, the general population didn’t build them. Although
masons and mathematicians all contributed to the pyramid’s
layout, slaves were the ones who did the hard work: carrying
the stones to the top. Many slaves died completing their duty.
The pyramids have given us a great deal today. They
were the first forms of a new level of ancestral worship, where
the person was remembered and not just thrown into a mass
grave. If not for them, we probably wouldn’t take time once in
a while to pray for the departed, and we wouldn’t have
gatherings or story-tellings about when the person was alive.
They were the first to remember their dead.
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Secondly, the pyramids were the first skyscrapers in
history. They paved a road of building these skyscrapers and
generally all buildings, which have given us a place to work,
sleep, and live our lives in peace. The pyramids were basically
the base of all buildings in modern civilization.
Lastly, the pyramids were great keys to unlocking the
mystery of Ancient Egypt. After hieroglyphics were decoded
in 1822 by Champollin, the endless words surrounding the
tombs of the great pharaohs were finally read. These writings
gave us an idea of daily life, religious ceremonies,
government, and mostly, about the afterlife. We have the
pyramids to thank for all of this, and as time passes, I’m sure
much more.
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