ThepyramidsinEgypt埃及金字塔是世界著名的建筑奇迹之一,它是用巨大石块修砌成的方锥形建筑物,因形似中文“金”字,故称作“金字塔”
ThepyramidsinEgypt(埃及)werebuiltthousandsofyearsago
Thepyramidswerethekings’tombs
Thekingsthoughttheywouldcomebacktolife(复活)aftertheydied
Theyhopedtheirbodieswouldbekeptwellinthepyramidswhentheycamebacktolife
ThepyramidslieonthewestbankoftheNileRivernotfarfromCairo
TheoldEgyptianscompared(对比)therisingofthesuntothebeginningoflifeandthesettingofthesuntotheendoflife,sonearlyallthepyramidswerebuiltonthewestbankalongtheNile
Peoplehavefoundabout110pyramidsinEgypt
ThebiggestoneistheGreatPyramid
Ittookabout100,000men30yearstobuildtheGreatPyramid
Itwasmadewithover2,300,000bigstones
Eachstoneisabout2
5tons,someevenweighfifteentons