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    If the slaves built the Great Pyramid at Giza is very hard to know. I believe that most of the workers were slaves but, I think a small number of them were paid workers. The sources Herodotus and the textbook showed that the slaves did build the Great Pyramid at Giza. Herodotus and the textbook states that the king forced the Egyptian slaves to work for 20 years. They also state over 10,000 men worked on building the pyramid. The source Shiffman said a large number of the workers were…

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    The Giza pyramids were raised on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile in northern Egypt and were connected, by secured thoroughfares, to mortuary temples in the valley beneath the level. These sanctuaries had landing stages which were connected to the Nile by a waterway. In old times they were incorporated among the Seven Wonders of the World. There are various theories about how the pyramids were produced. One of the more preposterous theories is that extraterrestrial guests might have…

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    The Egyptian Pyramids

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    When an individual tends to think of pyramids, their mind usually wanders off the the great pyramids of Giza, or just the Egyptians in general. What many are not aware of though, is that in there are pyramids of various shapes and sizes in many different parts are the world, with some of them being found in unexpected locations. In 2008, a set of three “pyramids” were found in Visoko, Bosnia. Bosnia is located in Eastern Europe near Croatia and Serbia, and the discovery of these pyramids was…

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    Egyptian Water System

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    Five thousand years have passed, almost two centuries before to the Romans build their first mud houses, meawhile Egyptians started making buildings so huge and complex they stay right up 'til the present time among the most great structures ever constructed. For a large number of years, without the advantage of PCs, cranes, trucks or power apparatuses, the Pharaohs' architects administered the development of perfect works of art whose scale, excellence still admires the brain. This is a…

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    that know of the great Pyramids of Giza. He was the 5th king of the Fourth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling 2532-2503 BCE, 29 years. As the son of the great pharaoh Khafre he built his pyramid beside his fathers and included a satellite pyramid for his wife Khamerenebty II, who was also his sister. He named his pyramid “Menkaure the divine.” On January 18, 1910 excavations directed by archaeologist George Reisner at the Valley Temple of the pyramid of Menkaure at Giza revealed heads of a statue.…

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    like all of there possessions and lots of gold. Pyramids original architect was Imhoteo. The first smooth pyramid is the red pyramid they called it that because the materials they used were red. The pyramids became a focus fro cults. The pyramids of Giza are located on the nothern part of the Nile river. The largest of the 3 was built for khufu. The middle pyramid was built for his son khafre. There is also a great guardian which is known as the sphinx. The biggest of the 3 is the largest…

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    Have you ever heard of the great pyramids of Giza? If not, they were built by the Nile River in egypt in 2550 B.C. to honor emperor Khufu. Since they were built a long time ago, the Egyptians obviously did not have all of the cranes, bulldozers, or even metal screwdrivers. That we have today. The Pyramids were just built with manpower and a few basic tools such as hammers. My second wonder is the Lighthouse of Alexandria. This magnificent lighthouse was built in 290-280 B.C. and opened to the…

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    structures you’ve ever seen. So simple, yet so inspiring. Built about 5,000 years ago, nonetheless they are still recognized for their brilliant size and popularity. Have you guessed them yet? Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. The three Great Pyramids of Giza have fascinated historians and ordinary people for as long as we can remember. The process in which the Great Pyramids were built may be vague and even mysterious to some ordinary people, but it’s definitely been proven by Egyptologist. Yet…

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    Did you know it took 20 years of slave or worker hard working to make the Great pyramid of Giza? Well it did the working group had to work for most likely more than nine hours of the day for 20 whole years. Great achievements like this are worth the great injustices because they did it so there pharaohs could have a good afterlife, also because they were religious, and Another reason they did it was so they could have a good afterlife as well. Great achievements are worth great injustices…

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    The great pyramid of Giza is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. This magnificent construction is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World that still remains standing. The great pyramid of Giza is an astonishing work of art that impresses and baffles modern engineers and mathematician at the same time. Most of the Egyptian works such as their writings, funerary texts, pyramids and monuments are regarded as beautiful artifacts today, the practice of Egyptian art served as a…

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