Did you know that the Biggest Pyramid (Khafre) is actually not the tallest pyramid? It is just built on higher grounds! I want to tell you about the pyramids of Giza. First I will introduce you to the pyramids, then I will tell you about Howard Carter, the man who found King Tuts tomb, and then I will tell you about King Tut
CHAPTER 1 The Pyramids of Giza
I want to introduce you to the three pyramids of Giza!
1st: Khufu biggest
2d: Khafre medium
3rd: Menkaure smallest
The biggest one is called Khufu. It is 146 meters! There is another one that is called Khafre. Khafre is the son of Khufu! It is 143 meters. Khafre’s pyramid looks bigger and taller because it was built on higher grounds.
Egypt was rich and powerful a long time ago. The pyramids are over 10,000 years old! The pyramids are in Northern Egypt. The paid labors built the pyramids in a specific place so when you traveled into Northern Egypt you could see them and you would be impressed and think, “WOW! Egypt has a LOT of money if they built THAT!”
CHAPTER 2 What Is A Pyramid?
What is a pyramid? A pyramid is a big pyramid (a pyramid is a big 3d triangle). Ancient Egyptians had Kings but called them Pharaohs (f-air-ows.) When the pharos died, (If the Egyptians loved them a lot) they would make a big pyramid for them. They would put all the things they needed for the afterlife in their pyramids, like food, Jewelry, carriages, weapons and much more. Soon the Ancient Egyptians learned that there were robbers. They would go into the pyramids because they knew that they belonged to the pharaohs and there was lots of gold in there. So the Egyptians put secret passageways in the pyramids so the robbers would get lost. They wanted to be more protected so they built underground tombs.
CHAPTER 3 King Tut
King tut was 9 years old when he became Pharaoh of Egypt. He was 18 or 19 when he died. And when you become a Pharaoh, the Egyptians build your tomb (but they started to build them underground to be more safe.) So they started to build his tomb. But since he was a Pharaoh, they did not have enough time to build his huge underground tomb fit for a Pharaoh before he died. The paint was still wet when he died, so it when they sealed it, it began to mold. So they took Pharaoh Tut’s body out of the tomb and buried it in a different one. But this one was far too small for a king. But they had no other choice so they stuffed him in the tomb and everything was way smooshed.
CHAPTER 4 Howard Carter
Howard Carter was the man that found King Tut’s tomb. His team was on a search for Egyptian mummies for 3 decades. A worker was walking towards another tomb when he tripped and fell and uncovered king tuts tomb. Howard Carter found a book in the tomb and gave it to the worker for a souvenir but the next day that worker that he gave the books house burned down. He thinks that the book is haunted.
I hope you liked my book on Egypt! Here is a quote I like from National Geographic kids because it explains what Howard Carter felt when he entered Tutankhamun’s tomb.
“When archaeologist Howard Carter held up a candle to peer inside on November 26, 1922, the light glinted on golden objects. This tomb, belonging to the Pharaoh Tutankhamun would soon become the most famous ancient Egyptian discovery of all time.”
THE END
Other sites I used to learn more:
My tour guide in Egypt, Khyry & Mohamed (see picture below!)
Me learning from Khyry:
Learning from Mohamed at the Pyramids of Giza:
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