Grade 8 S.Patt

 Not built by slaves  Built as tombs for the Pharaohs  Architects achieved an accurate pyramid shape by running ropes from the outer corners up to the planned summit, to make sure the stones were positioned correctly.  Filled with everything a Pharaoh would need after death  Most were robbed

 Egypt’s first pyramid  Largest structure of its time  Complex the size of a large town in the third millennium B. C.

 Eight level stepped pyramid  First Egyptian pyramid with an above ground burial chamber  Arch like design of the burial chamber's wall  Today only three highest steps visible above shifting sands

 First Egyptian attempt at a smooth-sided pyramid  Had two burial chambers, each with a separate entrance

 First true pyramid  Predecessor to the Great Pyramids at Giza  Single burial chamber accessed through two smaller chambers

 Largest Pyramid ever built  Incorporates 2.3 million stone blocks  Three burial chambers

 Home of the Sphinx  More elaborate complex  Typical elements of a Pharaoh’s mortuary temple

 Considerably smaller than the other pyramids at Giza  Elaborate mortuary temple  Used granite instead of limestone for bottom levels  Abandoned and completed later

 Last of the great Egyptian pyramids  Short pyramid  Only took 30 years to build