In my report, I will discuss how the pyramids were built, what purpose they served, the three pyramids at Giza, some messages found on the stones that were used to build pyramids, and what a mastabas is. Pyramids are tombs built for Egypt's pharaohs. Pyramids are large structures with four sides that are the shape of a triangle, that meet at the top to form a point. The ancient Egyptians used the pyramids as tombs …
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…pyramids were built by free, drafted, citizens. Pyramids were used to bury the pharaohs. The messages on the stones were decoded. The three pyramids at the Giza were the largest, and a mastabas is not a pyramid. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY CASSON,LIONEL. ANCIENT EGYPT. CANADA:TIME INCORPORATED,1965. NEWBY,P.H. THE EGYPT STORY, ITS ART, ITS MONUMENTS, ITS PEOPLE, ITS HISTORY.ITALY:ABBEVILLE PRESS,1979 PAYNE,ELIZABETH.THE PHARAOHS OF ANCIENT EGYPT.NEW YORK:RANDOM HOUSE INCORPORATED,1984.