EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

WHO BUILT IT?

• The ancient Egyptians

WHAT DOES IT SYMBOLIZE?

• Shape= represents the sun rays.
• Represents the primordial mound from which
• The Egyptians believed the Earth was created.

WHY IS IT BUILT?

• It was designed as a type of "resurrection
• Machine".
• Pyramids may have been designed to serve
• As a means to magically launched the deceased

HOW BIG IS IT/DIMENSIONS?

• Height: 138.8 meters (455 ft.)
• Base: 230.4 meters 756 ft.)

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN AROUND FOR?

• About 30,000 years

WHERE IS IT LOCATED?

• On the West Bank of the Nile, which
• As the site of the setting sun was associated
• With the realm of the dead in Egyptian Mythology.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO BUILD?

• 20 years to finish.
• It was completed in 2565 B.C.

HOW ARE THEY BUILT?

• Egyptians set the standard for what
• Most people recognize as classic pyramids
• Design: massive monuments with a square base
• & four smooth-sided triangular sides, rising to a point

THE END.