The Pharaohs from Egypt, wanted people to remember them just how rich and how powerful the were, some has huge statues of themselves made and they had their people builder great tombs for them.,
When the pharaohs died their bodies were placed in the tombs,.jewelry, food clothing,-
all the pharaoh`s favorite things went into the tomb with him the Egyptians believed that a person would need those things in the next world.
HENCE, these great towering Egyptian tomb are CALLED PYRAMIDS
The pharaohs fo Egypt , from about 2650 B.C until 1637 B.C were buried within those huge pyramids, There are many pyramids still standing in Egypt today, They are considered one of the wonders of the world.
T he most famous pyramid is the great pyramid near Cairo, it covers an area larger than TEN FOOTBALL FIELDS , it contain more than two million stone blocks, each weighing about 2.05 tons.
Somehow, the stone had to be cut into a shape and then transported to the building site, then the stons were raised into place .
They were laid so that they fit together exactly .