The Pyramids Of Egypt

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Many of the
pharaohs were buried in hidden temples. A famous discovery is the one of King
Tutankhamen.
King Cheops of the Fourth Dynasty chose a plateau in Giza for his
pyramid. He followed his father's constructions which was the first real
pyramid.
The pyramid of Cheops was also known as the Great Pyramid. One hundred
thousand Egyptians worked on it for twenty years before it was completed. It
was the largest tomb-pyramid ever built. It was said that if the pyramid was
taken apart, the stones could build a wall ten feet tall and one foot wide all
around the entire county of France. The Great Pyramid was made of granite and
limestone. Two late kings of the Fourth Dynasty, Cephren and Mycerinus,
followed Cheops's example by building their pyramids on the same plateau.
The interior of the pyramid is mostly a series of halls. The halls are
not decorated with any valuable objects. In fact, they are not decorated at all.
The interior is kind of like a maze. The only ...

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