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PYRAMIDS OF GIZA! BY TOMMY ERELI. LOCATION THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT ON A ROCKY PLATEAU ON THE WEST BANK OF THE NILE IT WAS BUILT FROM 2560-2540 B.C. THE.

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1 PYRAMIDS OF GIZA! BY TOMMY ERELI

2 LOCATION THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT ON A ROCKY PLATEAU ON THE WEST BANK OF THE NILE IT WAS BUILT FROM 2560-2540 B.C. THE PYRIAMIDS REMAIN IN TACT TODAY! YOU SHOULD GO VISIT THEM

3 PURPOSE IT WAS BUILT BY LOCAL FARMERS DURING THE TIME WHEN THE NILE FLOODED EVERY YEAR IT WAS BUILT TO BE KING KHUFU’S BURIAL CHAMBER KING KHUFU, HIS TREASURES, AND HIS FAMILY WERE BURRIED THERE

4 UNIQUENESS THE PYRAMID WAS NEVER ROBBED SO MANY ARTIFACTS WERE PERFECTLY PERSERVED IT TOOK APPROXIMENTLY 20 YEARS TO BUILD IT WAS CONSTRUCTED USING 2.3 MILLION STONES (LIMESTONE) THE CELING OVER THE BURIAL CHAMBER WAS MADE OF GRANITE! IT WAS BUILT BY STACKING STONES

5 ANCIENT FORESIGHT THERE ARE SOME SIMILAR STRUCTURES… MOODY GARDENS IN GALVESTON, AND THE MUSEUM THE LOUVRE!

6 SOURCES Information: http://www.discoveringegypt.com/pyramid3.htmhttp://www.discoveringegypt.com/pyramid3.htm http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/234470/Pyramids-of-Giza Photos: http://www.discoveringegypt.com/pyramid3.htmhttp://www.discoveringegypt.com/pyramid3.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

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