I have to write an essay about this and i need some sources. Please help!
2007-02-01 10:39:47 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
I think that the B.B.C. web site on Egyptology(,just do a Google) will give you about all you will need.
Lots of very detailed and correct information.
There is even an interactive game where you can see if you know enough to build a pyramid! (Just for a bit of research relief)
The other that stands out is Tour Egypt.
It is the official Egyptian Government tourism web site and has some great articles on Egypt.Written by Egyptologists and experienced Egyptophiles.
The articles include all aspects of the pyramids,their use, how they were built and why.
All you will need to know.
A visit to The Plateau the web site of Dr Zahi Hawass is always very informative.
From these you will get enough info the be able to contend with an essay up to a very high level of knowledge on the pyramids in Egypt.
I personally never recommend wikipedia for this type of thing.
It is informative, but has quite a few questionable theories presented as fact.
2007-02-01 20:18:58 · answer #1 · answered by sistablu...Maat 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good luck, but that is why the pyramids are known as one of the seven wonders of the world.
I think i remember in school something about that they made a path up the sides of the pyramids and drug each block up one by one, i forget anymore. search "Egyptian Pyramids" on yahoo.com, and go to the wikipedia and maybe you can find some links off of that...good luck!
2007-02-01 10:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by Erin P 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Egyptians used geometry to survey the land(lay out known boundary lines and measure areas). Some of their land along the Nile river got flooded every year and I guess they had to resurvey it a lot and got good at geometry.
2016-03-29 00:34:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For web sites try Wikipedia, Howto and About. But also try an old encyclopedia like Book of Knowledge, Americana or Funk and Wagnals.
2007-02-01 10:49:51 · answer #4 · answered by hebb 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids
this article lists 11 external links (including a video documentary on how the pyramids might have been built)
2007-02-01 10:50:33 · answer #5 · answered by Derek S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a little known secret, but they really just propped up plywood and poured resin into the mold. It was quicker that way, but looks really amazing and mind-bogglingly tough to build. Wink.
2007-02-01 10:43:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
wikipedia is GREAT for almost everything
This is a good website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid
but for EGYPTIAN Pyramids this is a good one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids
good luck (:
2007-02-01 10:47:41 · answer #7 · answered by MICHELLE 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
....no one on earth knows for sure how they were made...there are many theories though...check this link out of a man who claims to have known the secret
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa071999.htm
2007-02-01 10:42:21 · answer #8 · answered by (_)iiiiD 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
www.egypt.com is good for traveling to egypt
2007-02-01 10:43:36 · answer #9 · answered by Robert E 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.touregypt.net/construction/
2007-02-01 10:42:06 · answer #10 · answered by Mystee_Rain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋