Lithograph of the Pyramids of Giza, 1846

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Historical Overview

Construction of the Pyramids

Interactive Learning Resources

The Great Pyramid of Giza

Learning Plans

Did Queens Have Their Own Pyramids?

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Historical Overview

The Egyptian Pyramid, Smithsonian

The World's Oldest Papyrus and What It Can Tell Us About the Great Pyramid, Smithsonian (2015)

• Shipping, mining and farming propelled the Egyptian economy

Who Built the Pyramids: Not Slaves. Archeaologist Mark Lehner, Digging Deeper Discovers a City of Privileged Workers


For more,see Nova report on the latest findings

How Old Are the Pyramids? has data on radiocarbon dating of different sites

Here's How Scientists Know the Pyramids Were Built to Store Pharaohs, Not Grain

Construction

Archaeologists Uncover Proof of How Ancient Egyptians Built the Great Pyramid

• Boats brought the stones to an ancient port at the site; water transport was made possible by the annual flooding of the Nile River

Pyramids of Giza & the Sphinx from Live Science

Golden Ratio in Great Pyramid of Giza Site Topography

 Interactive Resources

• Take the pyramid challenge

• Link to an interactive view of the Pyramids at Giza

• Pyramid Builder online game

Primary Sources of the Old Kingdom

The Great Pyramid of Giza

History of Giza from Nova

The Great Pyramid of Giza from Kahn Academy

Scientists Say They've Found Hidden Space in the Great Pyramid of Giza, NPR (November 2, 2017)

Did queens in Egypt have their own Pyramids?

The answer was yes!

• Although these pyramids were significantly smaller the fact that women of royalty were given their own pyramids is impactful to what Egyptian culture saw their queens as.

• The pyramids were built as burial grounds and places of worship so it is safe to assume the ones for the queens were used for the same reason.

• Obviously being that they were significantly smaller shows that they were not as worshipped to the people as say Khufu was, but pyramids that worship and are used as resting places for women is quite a progressive ideology in the ancient world. 

Queen's Pyramid Discovered

Learning Resources

Egypt's Pyramids: Monuments with a Message from Edsitement

Egyptian Pyramids from Stanford History Education Group

What Indiana Jones Gets Wrong (and Right) about Archaeology, Chicago Tribune, November 5, 2014

The Pyramids App

Link to the Seven Wonders of the World