Pyramids
Model
- firstly made out of wood
- then i covered it in clay
- the clay dried to the wood and made cracks to make it look older
- on the inside i put a "tomb" with a "mummy"
- i then spray painted the pyramid gold
how were the pyramids made?
when were theEgyptian pyramids created?
- earth ramps
- limestone blocks
- spiral causeway
- massive pulleys
- lots of workers
- no slaves only people that worked for their pharoah
- 2700 bc to 1500 bc
- the oldest pyramid is the bent Pyramid
- their have been more than 138 pyramids built.
- 2600 bc the pyramids of Giza built
- bent and north pyramids were built around the strat of the pyramid building era
beliefs
Why were the Egyptian pyramids created?
- the egyptians believed in an afterlife
- pyramids held vital information to getting through the underworld
- pharaohs were worshipped as gods
- no-one was alowwed to look at pharaohs.
- to house dead pharoahs
- to guide these dead pharoahs to the afterlife
- to hide the tombs inside the pyramids from tomb robbers
- this did not work because every pyramid built was robbed
- to house all the treasures and instructions needed for the pharoahs to pass through the underworld safely