HOW DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BUILT THE PYRAMIDS?

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CHOOSING THE SITE
The pyramids were built on a
required massive amounts of materials,
rocky, isolated outcrop in Giza,
Egypt, which provided a stable
base for the structures.
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GATHERING MATERIALS BUILDING THE PYRAMID
The construction of the pyramids
One theory suggests that the builders used
limestone ramps to move the stones into
such as limestone and granite. The
place, but there are disagreements on the
pyramids used over 2 million stones,
number of ramps and their locations.
each weighing up to 80 tons.

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CONSTRUCTING THE PYRAMID'S BUILDING THE PYRAMID'S
CREATING THE PYRAMID’S CORE
The core of the pyramid was built using a
SUPPORT BEAMS CAPSTONE
technique called "core-veneer The pyramid's support beams were The final step in the construction process
construction," in which a series of nested made from granite, which was much was placing the pyramid's capstone,
rectangular layers were built, each slightly stronger than the surrounding which served as the lid of the tomb and
smaller than the one below it. limestone. sealed the structure from the elements.

PREPARED BY: NIZAM M. AMEROL