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Pyramid in Egypt as a form of building developed from ground rectangular tomb, mastaba, named after the Arabic word which means mastaba bench. Pharaoh Džozera from III. Dynasty is considered to be the builder of the first steps, and Pharaoh Snowfru from IV. dynasty, builder of the first pyramid hair.

PyramidsSlide2

Pyramids in Giza In Giza is one, also the only survived, a miracle of the Old World - Pyramids Pharaohs IV. Dynasty: Khufu,

Kafr

and

Menkaure

. Near the Great Sphinx of Giza. The construction of the pyramids

Pharaonic

tombs were moved from their previous

Sakara

at Giza Plateau.Slide3

People who lived in Egyptand in what they belived

Ancient Egyptian kings believed that their afterlife depends on the preservation of their bodies. That's why they embalmed the dead, and mummies were hidden deep underground inside these big buildings. Even the inner corridors was covered and hidden from potential thieves. The tomb was put food and everything else was believed that the Egyptians needed kings for their afterlife.

Khufu and the Great Pyramid is high almost 150 meters and was built by an estimated 2 million stone blocks. It was built around the 2560th pr. n. e ordered by Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) -

Snofruovog

son and heir.

Kafrina

the pyramid is much lower than his father Khufu pyramid, but is found in much better condition. It was built of granite blocks, weighing about a few tons and red reflect the contrast with white alabaster floors. At its top is a visible part of the casing of white limestone. The eastern side of the pyramid reveals the remains of the temple in which were held funeral rites for the late ruler. In 1860, a French archaeologist

Auguste

Marie found the imposing statue

Kafrin

downstream of the pyramid.

Basis

Menkaurine

pyramid, much smaller than its predecessor, is covered with slabs of

syenite

and granite of very high quality.

Mikerenov

the funerary complex was decorated with numerous statues, and one of the most famous is called.

Menkaurina

triad that King displayed between the goddess

Hathor

and the personification of Egyptian province.Slide4

There are also pyramids in Central AmericaSome of the civilization of Mesoamerica built pyramids mainly as a religious shrine. The largest pyramid by volume in Central America (and the world) it is in Cholula, in what is now the Mexican province of Puebla. It was dedicated to the god Quetzalcoatl, and the arrival of the Spaniards at the tip built church. Chichen Itza, Mayan pyramids, was chosen among the seven new wonders of the world.

In

pretkolumbovskoj

North America built a lot of pyramid structures. The most famous is Monk's Mound at Cahokia, Illinois (USA). Some believe that these buildings were also designed worship.Slide5

Pyramid of Hellinikon

The most famous is the ancient Greek pyramids in

Hellinikon

, a village near Argos (Greece). In

Falicon

in the southeast of France built one pyramid, and in Rome, 27 meters high Cesti pyramid. Amateur archaeologist by profession an economist and political scientist,

Semir

Osmanagic

that is what is actually considered natural landforms in

Visoko

(Bosnia and Herzegovina) is actually man-built pyramids covered by vegetation.Slide6

We even have a modern pyramidAn example of a modern pyramid can be found in Paris, in front of the Louvre Museum. Pyramid with 32 floors in Memphis (Tennessee) built 1991st was the basketball arena. Walter Pyramid in California is 18

storeys

high gym basketball and volleyball teams. Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas has a pyramid with 30 floors.

Today it is almost the only building material glass pyramid

.