Have you ever wondered what kept the pyramids from collapsing? Or how they stood for thousands of years? The pyramids were built the way they were so that they stood strong and sturdy for thousands of years. Many of the earlier pyramids were step pyramids. Smooth limestone would be spread over the step pyramid to create two pyramids; one inside the other. Later, pyramids were built with mastabas, huge chunks of stone meant to keep the pyramid from caving in. The most recent pyramids had underground chambers. This made it so that the pyramid could be solid stone. These are just three of the ways the pyramids were built.
The exact measurements and construction of the pyramids also helped in keeping the structure sturdy and strong. The authors …show more content…
In a way, is was a pyramid inside a pyramid, the inner one being a step pyramid and the outer one being a smooth pyramid.
“The Egyptian pyramids were funerary monuments built for the pharaohs and their closest relatives.” The mastaba, a rectangular block of stone that hangs above the tomb, is the earliest stage of development in a pyramid after the base. This makes it so that when the hollow space of the tomb is surrounded by stone in the end, the stone above the tomb won't fall in, because the mastaba holds it up strong and secure.
Hidden underground chambers would be another way to show why pyramids don't collapse. If all the chambers were built underneath the pyramid, and the pyramid itself was filled in and not hollow at all, then it would basically be a triangular pyramid of stepping stones completely submerged and surrounded by another triangular pyramid, only one that has smooth and flat sides, making it very strong if built …show more content…
The author shows this by saying, “Gangs of men dragged the blocks to the pyramid site and pushed the first layer of stones into place. Then they built long ramps of earth and brick, and dragged the stones up the ramps to form the next layer. As they finished each layer, they raised and lengthened the ramps.” They covered the finished pyramid with smooth, white "casing stones." These stones gradually erode, but few still remain on Egypt's most famous pyramid, The Great Pyramid.
Pyramids built in the pre-Columbia era resemble Egyptian pyramids. “All pre-Columbia pyramids are truncated, stepped pyramids and served as the foundations for temples.” These tended to be less steep than Egyptian ones, but the smaller the pyramid, the steeper it got. Because of this, stairs were carved into the smaller pyramids os that people could get to the temples without difficulty.
Because religion and the afterlife were so important to the Egyptians, people believe that the shape of the pyramids has something to do with that. “The sloping sides may have reminded the Egyptians of the slanting rays of the sun, by which the soul of the king could climb to the sky and join the gods.” Some later pyramids has single shafts that rose to the surface if the chamber was
The exact measurements and construction of the pyramids also helped in keeping the structure sturdy and strong. The authors …show more content…
In a way, is was a pyramid inside a pyramid, the inner one being a step pyramid and the outer one being a smooth pyramid.
“The Egyptian pyramids were funerary monuments built for the pharaohs and their closest relatives.” The mastaba, a rectangular block of stone that hangs above the tomb, is the earliest stage of development in a pyramid after the base. This makes it so that when the hollow space of the tomb is surrounded by stone in the end, the stone above the tomb won't fall in, because the mastaba holds it up strong and secure.
Hidden underground chambers would be another way to show why pyramids don't collapse. If all the chambers were built underneath the pyramid, and the pyramid itself was filled in and not hollow at all, then it would basically be a triangular pyramid of stepping stones completely submerged and surrounded by another triangular pyramid, only one that has smooth and flat sides, making it very strong if built …show more content…
The author shows this by saying, “Gangs of men dragged the blocks to the pyramid site and pushed the first layer of stones into place. Then they built long ramps of earth and brick, and dragged the stones up the ramps to form the next layer. As they finished each layer, they raised and lengthened the ramps.” They covered the finished pyramid with smooth, white "casing stones." These stones gradually erode, but few still remain on Egypt's most famous pyramid, The Great Pyramid.
Pyramids built in the pre-Columbia era resemble Egyptian pyramids. “All pre-Columbia pyramids are truncated, stepped pyramids and served as the foundations for temples.” These tended to be less steep than Egyptian ones, but the smaller the pyramid, the steeper it got. Because of this, stairs were carved into the smaller pyramids os that people could get to the temples without difficulty.
Because religion and the afterlife were so important to the Egyptians, people believe that the shape of the pyramids has something to do with that. “The sloping sides may have reminded the Egyptians of the slanting rays of the sun, by which the soul of the king could climb to the sky and join the gods.” Some later pyramids has single shafts that rose to the surface if the chamber was