The Pyramids Research Paper

When thinking of Egypt we usually think of pharaohs, King Tut, Queen Nefertiti, and one of Egypt's most magnificent man-made structures the pyramids. The pyramids were a reflection of the role that each pharaoh or king played in Egyptian society. Underneath the pyramids were rooms that were a network of galleries, air shafts, chambers, and a room that held the mummified body of a pharaoh surrounded by treasures that were carried into the afterlife. The peak of pyramid building began in the late third dynasty and continued until the 6th dynasty. More than 4,000 years laters these pyramids are the most spectacular monuments to Egyptian beliefs and to the glory of its pharaohs.
The earliest pyramid known was the stepped pyramid of King Djoser,

The design and engineering on a massive scale were an achievement made possible by slave labor and maybe the work of farmers during the off-season. The Great Pyramids of Giza were built on the west bank of the Nile River on the outskirts of modern-day Cairo. The largest of the pyramid was the Great Pyramid that was built for Khufu. Khufu’s pyramid is surrounded by rows of mastabas, were relatives or officials of the king were buried to accompany him in the afterlife. The middle pyramid of Giza was built for Khufu’s son Khafre. The unique feature given to Khafre’s tomb was the Great Sphinx. It was a guardian statue with the head of a man and the body of a lion. The Sphinx was the largest statue in the ancient world and was worshiped as an image form of the god Horus. The third pyramid was built for Khafre’s son Menkaure and was the smallest of the three

Since there was a scarcity of records and made it difficult to be sure of the uses of all the buildings in the pyramid and the burial procedure. Pyramid construction may have shown that Egyptians used copper tools such as chisels, drills, and saws that were used to cut the soft stone, and hard granite may have been used for the burial chambers. Knowledge of astronomy was necessary to be able to align the pyramids. The huge stone blocks were moved on sledges on the ground made slippery by water. The stone blocks were then brought up by ramps to their position in the pyramid.
Pyramids were still being built through the fifth and sixth dynasties, but the quality of the construction declined along with the power and wealth of kings. In the Old Kingdom, pyramid builder begins to inscribe written events of the king’s reign on the walls of burial chambers and the rest of the interior of the pyramid. The text written inside the pyramids have been some of the earliest significant religious text known to Ancient