The three most famous Egyptian pyramids are in Giza. They were built for the bodies of the pharaohs after they died almost 5,000 years ago. The pharaohs' gold was put with them for the 'next life'. The Great Pyramid is the largest. It is 140 metres high and 228 metres wide at its widest point. King Khufu's body is there. People think that the pyramid shape helped the pharaohs climb to the sky after their death. So how were the pyramids built? No one knows for sure. Some scientists think that over 100,000 men worked for more than twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. More than two million stones were used. The stones were very large and very heavy. How were they lifted to the top?
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Activities
- Find two superlatives in the text
- Write 228 in words
- On which continent can you find the pyramids of Egypt?
- What was a pharaoh?
- What is the name of the river that runs through Egypt?
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