Pyramids of Giza - Egypt

For literacy our focus is working on different styles of writing. For our information report we had a choice between the pyramids of egypt or the extreme weather. The most challenging thing for me was finding the facts. The easiest thing was planing what I was going to write.



Information Report - Egypt Egyptian Pyramids The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their queens. The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of many different shapes and sizes from before the beginning of the Old Kingdom to the end of Middle Kingdom. There are about eighty pyramids known today from ancient Egypt. Egyptian Mummies A mummy is the person of a body ( or an animal ) that has been preserved after death. They were any Egyptian who could afford to pay for the expensive process of preserving their bodies for the afterlife. The Egyptians Believed in life after death. How old is Egypt? Introduce. Archaeologists believe Egypts large pyramids are the work of the Old Kingdom society that rose to prominence in the Nile Valley after 3000 B.C. Historical analysis tells us that the Egyptians built the Giza Pyramids in a span of 85 years between 2589 and 2504 BC.