PYRAMIDS

General Info About Pyramids

• Pyramids were built to bring pharoahs to have a safe journey through the afterlife.
• There are about 80 known pyramids in Egypt.
• The pyramids were built on the West bank of the Nile.
• This was because it was easier to get the blocks to the pyramids.
• We know so much about Egypt because of the objects that were in the tombs.

GENERAL INFO ABOUT PYRAMIDS

• Pyramids were built to protect the valuble remains of the pharaoh.
• The pyramids were filled with the pharoahs treasure and his belongings.
• The treasure was often hidden near the pharoah's tomb
• Grave robbers tried to go into the pharaoh's tomb because they were believed as gods.
• Grave robbing is the worst crime you could do in Egypt. It meant death!

GREAT PYRAMID

• It took 2,000,000 bricks to build the pyramid.
• It is divided into three different chambers.
• Its is the tallest pyramid in Egypt.
• It took 4,000 years until anyone has built a structure this tall.
• Architects today are not exactly sure how it was built!

FUN FACTS

• Each brick weighed about 2 tons each.
• This pyramid was built in Giza.
• Grave robbing was the worst crime you could do.
• It took 20 years to construct the pyramid.
• A sphinx was built to guard the pyramid

The King'sChamber
The King's Chamber was at the top of the pyramid where the pharaoh's tomb was. The Pharaoh Khufu was worshiped in the Great Pyramid. The King's Chamber in the Great Pyramid had a flat ceiling which was rare in Egypt.

The Gallery
It was a 26 feet high gallery which lead to the King's Chamber. It was almost proved to have a trolly to move the big granite blocks to the top of the Kings chamber. Maybe this was the first invention of the escalator. No one knows.

The Queen'sChamber
The Queen's Chamber is the smaller one of the two chambers. When the pyramid was first discovered, they thought that this was the only room.

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MUMMIFICATION

• It takes 70 days to prepare for a mummy to be buried.
• All internal organs were removed except the heart.
• If the heart was removed it would testify the person in the afterlife.
• An amulet was often placed on the heart to protect them in the afterlife.
• Salt was poured over the persons body so it could decompose.

Procedures
The mummification process began with the evisceration of the body. First the internal organs were removed except the heart. A amulet was often placed on the persons heart to protects it in it's voyage throughout the netherworld.

Procedures #2
The brain was usually removed. The way this would happen was a person would stick a long slightly hooked tool in through the nose and inside the brain. This tool would be rapidly spun causing the brain to mush up and turn into water. Then the nose would be tipped over and all of the contents of the brain would come pouring out of the nose and into the pot that would carry this persons organs and now his brain.

PYRAMIDS