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Ancient Egypt Almost all people know the story of the tower of Bable. It all began with the people finding a place in Shinar. After, they started to build a tower into Heaven. God was not pleased with this. As punishment, God caused them to spread to all of the earth. A while later the foundation of Egypt started because of all the fertile land around the Nile River. Then they needed someone to be the ruler. Egyptian rulers, known as pharaohs, set down rules and laws. (http://socyberty.com) Egypt has been known for all of its icons such as the pyramids or the sphinxes and pharaohs. There were many pharaohs throughout Egyptian history. The most commonly known pharaohs are Ramses II or King Tut (Tutankhamun,) but there are some that are not …show more content…

Pyramids have many shapes, step pyramids that look like giant steps, bent pyramids that halfway to the top look as if it bent inward, and the Giza pyramids that look like the typical pyramid. The pyramids sloping sides are believed to imitate the suns rays.(http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids) The pyramids were for the pharaohs or the rich, and when they died they would climb to the top of the pyramid to ascend into heaven. All that was thought to be needed for their afterlife was provided, such as food and riches. The largest Egyptian pyramid is the Great Giza Pyramid built for Khufu. It is believed to weigh about 6.5 million tons and took about 23 years to build.(http://www.history.com) Kufu’s pyramid was the largest building in the world until 1889 when the Eiffel Tower was built. ( Egypt- Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. page 21) One of the most famous buildings in Egypt is the the Great Sphinx, it has the body of a cat or lion and a man’s head. Over many thousands of years, the sand storms in the Sahara had covered the Sphinx entirely. The Sphinx has had damage done to it- its nose is gone and its sides have been stripped of its covering panels. Even with the damage done to it, the Sphinx is still very impressive.(http://www.history.com) This is not the only image of a sphinx that we have. Great pharaohs were carved into stone as a sphinx. This was to show that they were a very powerful ruler.( Egypt- Dierich Wildung page

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