February 8th is Celebration of the Pyramids of Giza Day!!!"Khufu's pyramid at Giza showing the plan of passages and burial chamber. Some believe that his pyramid at Giza was built by slaves but this is not true. One hundred thousand people worked on it for three months of each year. This was the time of the Nile's annual flood which made it impossible to farm the land and most of the population was unemployed. He provided good food and clothing for his workers and was kindly remembered in folk tales for many centuries. There are three pyramids at Giza, each of which once had an adjoining mortuary temple. Attached to this temple would have been a covered causeway descending down to a valley temple, near the Nile. The 'great' pyramid itself is truly an astonishing work of engineering skill - for over four thousands years, until the modern era, it was the tallest building in the world." Thank you to all of the Ancient Egyptians that designed and worked on these marvelous works of engineering and beauty!!!! Please click the link below and learn more about the Pyramids of Giza. :-)
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/pyramid3.htm
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