The Egyptian PyramidsBy Olivia Pandolfi

Introduction

• 7 wonder of world• Sphinx• Pyramids

Mummification

• Internal organs and brain removed• Covered in preserving salt for 70 days• Wrapped in linen cloth and put in a

coffin• You can’t go to afterlife without

mouth/jaw • Afterlife beliefs-hieroglyphics

Creation of pyramids

• Made out of granite• Perfect geometry on slants• Slaves made them serving a very

demanding Pharaoh-Pharaoh Khufu• The great Pyramid was built for Khufu

Contents of Coffins

• Clothing-Valuable• Food• Treasure, money• Pets• Script-map of afterworld

Timeline

• 5000 B.C.- immigrants came from Palestine, Syria, Libya, and Nubia

• 4200 B.C.- traders came from Iraq• 3100- the pyramids were made• 2500 B.C.- The great pyramid was

made for Pharaoh Khufu

The Sphinx

• It is a lion with man’s head• Mark Lehner went for 13 years for school• He thought there were files under Sphinx’s

paws

Reasons for pyramids

• The pyramid is a shape of power, importance and knowledge

• They only buried pharaohs in Pyramids

King Tut’s Tomb Discovery

• Carter and Carnarvon discovered it• In tomb- wife’s statue with beard• Most things in chamber- no use

DiagramWorkers building

Half-finished With only

pyramidWood andrope

Millions of slaves

carrying things to

entrance

Conclusion

• 7 wonder of world • Sphinx• Pyramids• Mummification• Tut’s tomb

Bibliography

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Hart, George. Ancient Egypt. 1st ed. London: Alfred a. Knopf, 1990. 6-64.

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