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MY NAME-Sankalp BharadwajCLASS-VIII
SEC-A
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The estimate of the number of workers ittook to built the
pyramids have a widerange from a few thousand, twenty
thousand, and up to 100,000.The most famous egyptian pyramids
are
those found at giza,on the outskirts ofcairo.several of the giza
pyramids are
counted among the largest structures everbuilt.
The Pyramid of khufu at giza is the largestegyptian pyramid.it
is the only one of theseven wonders of the ancient world still
in
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By the time of the early dynastic period of egyptian
history,those with
sufficient means were buried in bench-like structures known as
mastabas. The second historically documented egyptian pyramid is
attributed to the
architect Imhotep,who planned what egyptologists believe to be a
tombfor the pharoh djoser.imhotep is credited with being the first
to conceivethe notion of stacking mastabas on top of each
other-creating an edficecomposed of a number of stepsthat decreased
in size towards inapex.the result was the step pyramid of
djoser-which was designed toserve as a gigantic stairway by which
the soul of the deceased pharaohcould ascend to the heavens.such
was the importance of imhotepsachievements that he was deified by
later egyptians.
The most prolific pyramid-building phase coincided with the
greatest
degree of absolutist pharaonic rule.it was during this time that
the mostfamous pyramids, those near giza, were built.overtime,as
authoritybecame less centralized,the ability and willingness to
harness theresources required for construction on a massive scale
decreased,andlater pyramids were smaller,less well-built and often
hastily constructed.
Al-azizuthman,son of the great saladin who crushed the
crusaders,tried to
demolish the great pyramids of giza , but had to give up because
the taskwas too big.however, he did succeed in damaging menkaures
pyramid.
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The shape of egyptian pyramids is thought to represent
theprimordial mound from which the egyptian belived the earth
was
created. the shape of pyramids is thought to be representative
of the
descending raise of the sun,and most pyramids were faced
withpolished,highly reflective whitelimestone,in order to give them
abrillint apperence when viewd from a distance pyramids were
often
also named in ways that refered to solar luminescence
.forexample ,the formal name of the bent pyramid at dahshur
thesouthen shining pyramid ,and that of see worst at el-lahun was
senworset in east shining.
While it generally agreed that pyramids were burial
monuments,there is continued disagreement on the
particulartheological principals that might have given rise to
them.Onetheory is that they were designed as a type of
resurrectionmachine .
The egyptians believed the dark area of the night sky around
whichthe stars appear to ressolve was the physical gateway in to
theheavens.one of the narrow shathat extends from the main
burial
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In1842 karl richard lepsius producedthe first modern list of
pyramids.inwhich he counted 67.A great many
more have since been discovered .As ofnovember 2008,118 egyptian
pyramidshave been identified.
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