3.09.2010

Pyramids



Everyone knows something about the great pyramids of Egypt, but I bet not all of you knew that there are lots of pyramids throughout Earth, they may not look like the pyramids built by the Ancient Egyptians, but they still are pyramids, and they don't always serve as a resting place for a leader, only the Egyptians used them to berry their Pharaoh, the Mayans used them for offering sacrifice to gods(at least that's what I know and heard). Right, so pyramids are buildings where the outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a point, and for thousands of years pyramids were the largest man made structures on Earth, the biggest Egyptian pyramid is of course the Great Pyramid of Giza, which was built in 2560 BC, the pyramids current height is 138.75 meters or 455,22 feet. The Great Pyramid of Giza was one of the Seven Wonders Of The World, many of the pyramids facing stones have fallen or have been removed and used to built the mosque of Cairo, I really don't know if that's true but I think that the stones were stolen and sold through out the history. Another type of pyramids from Egypt are the Nubian pyramids, now I don't really know much of these pyramids all I know is that they are much smaller than the other pyramids and that they are found at the area of the Nile known as Nubia, which is in the present Sudan, that was the home of the three Kingdoms of Kush. There are even Greek pyramids, but I don't know nothing about them, there are pyramids in China, India and North America, but my favorite pyramids before the Egyptian ones are the Mesoamerican pyramids. This pyramids are very unusual they are step pyramids with temples on top, and they are more akin to the Mesopotamian pyramids rather then the Ancient Egypt ones. There are two types of Mesoamerican pyramids there are the Aztec pyramids and the Mayan pyramids. In the images posted you could see the Ancient Egyptians pyramids and the Mayan pyramids.

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