the egyptian pyramids olivia pandolfi
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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
Abels, Harriet S. The Pyramids. Mankato: Crestwood House, 1987. 4-43.
Hart, George. Ancient Egypt. 1st ed. London: Alfred a. Knopf, 1990. 6-64.
Physical Science: Structures. Discovery Channel School. 2002.unitedstreaming. 21 December 2006<http://www.unitedstreaming.com/> Reeves, Nicholas. Into the Mummy's Tomb. Toronto: Madison P Books, 1992. 1-54.