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The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for the [url=http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/homemain.html#]pharaohs[/url] and their queens. The pharaohs were buried in pyramids of many different shapes and sizes from before the beginning of the [url=http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/homemain.html#]Old Kingdom[/url] to the end of the [url=http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/homemain.html#]Middle Kingdom[/url].
[/font][font:de26=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]There are about eighty pyramids known today from ancient Egypt. The three largest and best-preserved of these were built at [url=http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/homemain.html#]Giza[/url]
at the beginning of the Old Kingdom. The most well-known of these
pyramids was built for the pharaoh Khufu. It is known as the 'Great
Pyramid'.
[/font][font:de26=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]The pharaoh Khufu, like the pharaohs before him, began planning his 'house of [url=http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/story/page1.html#]eternity[/url]' as soon as he took the throne. A spot was chosen for building on the west bank of the Nile. [url=http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/story/page1.html#]Cemeteries[/url] were usually built on the west bank because the sun 'died' on the western horizon every night.
[/font][font:de26=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Khufu's [url=http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/story/page2.html#]architects[/url]
were wise and experienced men. They knew the importance of building the
pharaoh's final resting place so that its sides faced directly north,
south, east and west.
[/font][font:de26=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]They planned a large pyramid-
the largest one ever built in ancient Egypt. The outlines of the
pyramid were measured and marked in the desert sand.
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