Sunday, September 30, 2012

Pyramids, Palaces, Temples Oh My!

Some people think that Egypt taught the world how to build because of how they learned to build pyramids, palaces and temples.   The pyramids were built to put dead kings inside to keep them safe in the afterlife.  The pyramid's sides were smooth and did not have steps. The Egyptians also built palaces.  The palaces must have been for the kings to live in.  The temples that were built were obviously made to worship their gods.  The biggest temple is Karnak, covering 250 acres of land and is Egypt's greatest achievement.  It took a long time to build it.

To show these great buildings you could put pictures up that showed how big they actually are.  You can have a computer with a link to this cool website to see the temple of Karnak. (http://www.oup.co.uk/oxed/children/egypt/)
Karnak Temple



This picture shows the size of it next to real people down at the bottom.

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