Pyramids

Now a day when great leaders and even ordinary people die they get buried in a cemetery. Thousands of years ago the Egyptians had a different and more difficult way of putting their great leaders to rest. Instead of making a grave the Egyptians buried the Pharaohs in pyramids, some being over 400 feet tall. Since these pyramids were built over 2000 B.C it is pretty amazing that they could make them with no technology. They builders were Egyptians who lived in villages developed and overseen by the pharaoh’s supervisors. They were not slaves and foreigners. It takes twenty thousand to thirty thousand workers t0 build one pyramid and it is estimated that it took eighty years. The builders took big limestone blocks that could be floated from tiles right to the base of the Pyramids. Then the stones would be polished by hand and pushed up ramps to the right potion. After that architects would make sure they had an accurate pyramid shape by running ropes from the corners to the bottom. From a stone pusher to priest every worker knew  and was proud with their role in continuing the life of their pharaoh.