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Pyramids are ancient, square-based structures made of limestone blocks, primarily found in Egypt, with the largest reaching nearly 140m tall. They were built to protect pharaohs and their treasures, serving as tombs and storage for items needed in the afterlife, taking approximately 20 years to complete. Inside, they contained mummified bodies, treasures, and everyday objects, with narrow passageways often rigged with booby traps.

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Pyramids

Pyramids are ancient, square-based structures made of limestone blocks, primarily found in Egypt, with the largest reaching nearly 140m tall. They were built to protect pharaohs and their treasures, serving as tombs and storage for items needed in the afterlife, taking approximately 20 years to complete. Inside, they contained mummified bodies, treasures, and everyday objects, with narrow passageways often rigged with booby traps.

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Pyramids

Pyramids are
ancient
structures
found in Egypt.

What do Why were How were What is


Pyramids Pyramids the Inside the
Look Like? Built? Pyramids Pyramids?
Built?
What do Pyramids Look Like?
Pyramids are made from , large, lime stone blocks
ancient

and are always square based. The biggest pyramid is


almost 140m (455ft) tall. Scientists now believe that
pyramids were white when they were built, whereas
now-a-days they are yellow from the over the
erosion

years. These days pyramids are tourist attractions.


unique

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Why were Pyramids Built?
Pyramids were built for many reasons. One of them
was to provide protection for the king and his
treasures against robbers. Pyramids were also built
by ancient Egyptians said to house the bodies of
their . The last reason the pyramids were built,
pharaohs

was to have a safe place to store the items the


king would need in his . Pyramids were important
afterlife

structures in ancient Egypt.


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How were the Pyramids
Built?
That’s why the pyramids were built,
but how they were built is all guess
work. The pyramids took to build,
decades

approximately 20yrs to complete a


single pyramid! The blocks they used
were very heavy, they had to be
dragged up ramps one by one. This
was hard work, especially since
experts suggest that the pyramids
were built by slaves. This is how the
scientists think the pyramids were
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What was Inside the
Pyramids?
There were many thinks that were
stored in the pyramids. One of these
things was the king’s body which
mummified

was kept in the pharaoh’s . chamber

Whereas others chambers were


filled with gold, treasure and
everyday objects. However it wasn’t
easy to get to these chambers, the
passage ways were very narrow and
filled with . These were the things
booby-traps

that were stored inGlossary


the pyramids.
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Glossary
Ancient - belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence
Erosion - the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural
agents
Unique - being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else
Pharaohs - a ruler in ancient Egypt
Afterlife - (in some religions) life after death
Decades - a period of ten years
Mummified - (especially in ancient Egypt) preserve (a body) by embalming and
wrapping it in cloth
Chambers - a large room used for formal or public events
Booby-traps - when a there is some sort of trap disguised or hidden inside an object
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