The Pyramids Of Egypt

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structure, a tomb copied in stonework from earlier brickwork
piles (Peck). In its most common form, a pyramid is a massive stone or
brick structure with a square base and four sloping triangular sides that
meet in a point at the top (Pyramids 810). However, the pyramids are
anything but simple. Pyramids have been built by different people at
various times in history. Hundreds of thousands of men were used to
construct these massive monuments and they took many years. The pyramids
were tombs for the pharaohs (Gardner 140).
The pharaohs in Egypt wanted their people to know how powerful they
were. Therefore, they ordered people to build these massive tombs for them.
When Egyptians first looked upon these giant tombs more than forty-six
centuries ago, they were probably filled with astonishment. These colossal
monuments first started rising from the golden Egyptian sands around 2630
BC. At the time they were the biggest and finest masterpieces ever built;
indeed they were the ...

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wooded rollers.
As the pyramid rose higher a ramp of brick was constructed to give access
to the upper levels. In order to provide a gentle slope the ramp had to be
lengthened as the height increased. Once the blocks were brought to their
positions they were again levered into place. When all was finished, the
ramp was dismantled and the final facing of white limestone laid into
position. This finishing stone was probably brought by barge from quarries
farther up the Nile. Some of them had small blocks of stone and rubble
inside, while others had only mud bricks. To build the tomb, the Egyptians
marked the plan on the ground. Then they laid in position the column bases
and the ...

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