Pyramids__________ __________

Pyramids were used as tombs for the Pharaohs during the Old Kingdom.

All pyramids are built on the west side of the Nile The sun sets in the west which the Egyptians

associated with the realm of the dead.

Pyramids

Step PyramidBuilt by Djoser who

was a third dynasty pharaoh

In SaqquaraResembles earlier

mastabas

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/countries-places/egypt/dahshur-pyramids/

Sneferu’s First PyrmidsPyramid at MeidumOriginally cased in

limestone to give it smooth sides.

Bent PyramidAngle changes from 54 degrees to 43

degreesUsing too much stone?Engineering crisis?

Red PyramidThird and final attemptBelieved to be the first successful true

pyramid

Sneferu’s son Khufu picked up where his father left off

Built the largest pyramid now known as the Great Pyramid

One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Khufu’s Pyramid

The Great Pyramid Layout http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac_qGnPX8eI

Inside the Pyramid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNf4-rVwME

Builders of the Pyramid For many years

thought to be slavesNew discoveries in

how they were cared for points to something else.