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 * Ancient Egyptian Architecture: ****  A Way of Building:  **
 * Yasmine Khan **
 * Reading/Language Arts: Periods ⅞ **
 * Mr. Keith Schoch **
 * June 7, 2012 **


 * Egypt was a very fascinating culture, and to me it’s very mysterious! Egypt means “Temple of the Soul Ptah” ( http://tinyurl.com/c72bdan ). Egypt is located in Northern Africa and was located near the mediterranean sea. ( [|http://tinyurl.com/7mktq42] [|)] (Egyptian tombs, Jeanne Bendick). Egypt lasted for a very long time, because of the desert it was very hard for people to go through and attack and also because they had the Nile river. Egypt lasted from about 5000 B.C.E from 650 B.C.E ( http://tinyurl.com/7jk9mna ) Egypt is remembered for their magnificent pyramids they are so amazing and peopel still go to Egypt and see them. ( http://tinyurl.com/bsfcr3m [|).] **


 * An equally important and fascinating part of Egyptian culture, however, was its art and architecture, pyramids, sphinx, and tombs. All these designs were amazing! It was important to them because the pyramids they built, once their pharaoh died they would put the body in the pyramid. The Egyptians felt that their pharaoh pharaoh’s body would be safe forever.(Castles, Pyramids, and Palaces Caroline Young). We can learn more about this cultural aspect by looking at the Egyptians pyramids, sphinx, and tombs. **




 * It is very amazing how many pyramids the Egyptians made, and they are very magnificent. It Probably took very long to make the Pyramids. The Egyptians made so many pyramids, they made 80 pyramids in Egypt and 100 more were made Southern Sudan. (Castle, Pyramids, and Palaces, Caroline Young). The pyramids were built over 4,500 years ago!(Castles, Pyramids, and Palaces Caroline Young). Pyramids were very important to the Egyptians and pharaohs especially. They were important because when the pharaoh died they would bury it in the pyramid and the Egyptians felt that the pharaoh would be safe forever.(Castles, Pyramids, and Palaces Caroline Young). **


 * The pyramids must have been very hard to make and took lots and lots of time. It took 20 years just to build one pyramid!(Castle, Pyramids, and Palaces Caroline Young). There were many steps to make the pyramids. First builders hauled up blocks onto ramps. Then the block was smoothed and shaped with tools. After the blocks were pushed into a place with wooden levers. When they kept stacking the blocks the pyramids got higher and higher. That means the lever went as high as the pyramid. When the last block was put in place, the builders covered the pyramid it with slabs of white limestones. Finally after all that the pyramid was finished!( Castles, pyramids, and Palaces Caroline Young) **

**ned magic powers, but of course now the Egyptians don’t believe it, but they did in the ancient times.(Egyptians tombs Jeanne Bendick) The sphinx was a fascinating building because it is half lion and human, they can still be seen today in Egypt.**
 * The Sphinx was another one of their magnificent buildings. Sphinx is a statue. The body has the structure of a lion and the head is a human shape. The head maybe is a likeness of Khafre as the god of Horus. Sphinx are very wide and tall. The body of the sphi ****  nx is as long as football field. The  ** **head of the sphinx is taller then a six-story building! In the ancient times of Egypt they believed that the sphinx contai**


 * What it’s in the pyramid? In the pyramid there are tombs. In the tombs the Egyptians buried their pharaohs. They called it royal tombs because pharaohs were buried in it. When the Egyptians buried the pharaohs they just didn’t bury them they buried their treasures with them! But since their gold treasures were buried with them there were robbers that wanted to steal them. Eventually they found ways to block them from **
 * going in. The way that they stopped robbers from going in is, the pyramid builders sealed the internal passages with huge plugs of stone and hid the entrances. During the Middle Kingdom kings fooled robbers by creating extra passages and false shafts. Imagine what incredible things are buried in there.(Egyptians tombs Jeanne Bendick) **


 * The ancient Egyptians culture changed because they stopped making pyramids, sphinx,tombs and they stopped mummifying people. The Egyptians were conquered by Rome. The Egyptians did not disappear into other areas. They did not change their identity. Today many people go to Egypt to see the pyramids, that’s how we remember Egypt. We do not continue to use the same tools as the Egyptians and we do not do the same things that they used to do. Ancient Egyptian is a very mysterious fascinating culture that we should always remember especially the pyramids. **

** Glossary:  **
 * ptah- the egyptian creator god **


 * architecture- the art and science of designing buildings **
 * Pharaoh- king of egypt **
 * limestones- common sedimentary rock used as a building stone **
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** Works Cited  **
 * "ANCIENT EGYPT 3100 BC - 31 BC." ANCIENT EGYPT 3100 BC - 31 BC. Web. 23 May 2012. . **
 * Bendick, Jeanne. Egyptian Tombs. New York: F. Watts, 1989. **
 * Putnam, James, Geoff Brightling, and Peter Hayman. Pyramid. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. **
 * Young, Caroline, Colin King, Steve Page, and Mike Pringle. Castles, Pyramids and Palaces. Tulsa, OK: EDC Pub., 1989. **