1. pyramids PYRAMIDS

2. pyramids “PYRAMID” - comes from the Greek word 'pyramis' which means “wheat cake” WHAT ARE PYRAMIDS?

3. pyramids WHY WERE THE PYRAMIDS MADE? As tombs for Egyptian pharaohs and kings As astronomical observatory As symbolisms of the rays of the sun as pharaohs were believed to reach the heavens via sunbeams

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5. PYRAMIDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD

6. pyramids PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT

7. pyramids Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza Until the 19th century, the tallest building in the world First and largest pyramid built among the Giza pyramids Only surviving wonder of the ancient world

8. pyramids Khafra’s Pyramid at Giza Second largest Egyptian pyramid and attributed to Khufu’s son Prominent because it was guarded by a sphinx

9. pyramids NUBIAN PYRAMIDS First built by the Nubian king Tirhakah 223 total number of pyramids located in Northern Sudan Italian explorer smashed the tops off 40 pyramids in a quest for treasure in the 1820s

10. pyramids PYRAMIDS OF GUIMAR Located in the Canary Islands of Spain May be remains from pre-European voyagers who sailed the Atlantic in ancient times

11. pyramids PYRAMID IN ITALY A relatively modern pyramid was built by Gaius Cestius in Rome, 1st century BC. Built of concrete and faced with marble Has an interior tomb vault and is 35 metres high

12. pyramids PYRAMIDS IN PERU Remains of 26 pyramids that were discovered in between the South American cities Chiclayo and Trujillo

13. pyramids Viru Valley in Peru Built by the Moche civilization in the northwestern coast of Peru Mostly made up of mud bricks rather than stone

14. pyramids Lost Pyramids of Caral A site thousand years older than the earliest known civilisation in the Americas Incorporated in a “gentle society” with no evidence of battles or mutilated bodies

15. pyramids PYRAMID IN TURKEY Mt Nemrut, Kâhta a natural mountain (2150m), with a 50 metre artificial peak built on top constructed as a tomb for King Antinochus I during the period 80 B.C-72 B.C.

16. pyramids PYRAMID IN GREECE Hellenikon Pyramid built entirely from gray limestone originally used as a fort, erected to control access to nearby roads speculated that it was built nearly 100 years before the Great Pyramids of Giza located in Argolis

17. pyramids CHINESE PYRAMIDS Discovered by an Air Force pilot after World War II a combination of stone pyramid and earth mound – made of earth and clay, shaped like pyramids with flattened tops

18. pyramids CENTRAL AMERICAN PYRAMIDS Of two types: those that can be climbed for rituals those that weren’t meant to be touched because they were sacred Other purposes: as landmarks for those in the jungle to see directions served as a reminder that the gods were ever present

19. pyramids Pyramid of Kulkulcan A step pyramid used for human sacrifice Has a total of 364 steps, 91 steps on each side The number of months in the Mayan calendar represented by 18 terraces on the pyramid Kulkulcan - Mayan name for the Toltec King Quetzalcoatl.

20. pyramids Has sides of 225m, a similar base area to the Great Pyramid of Giza, although it is only half the height Teotihuacan Pyramids Pyramid of the Sun Largest MesoAmerican pyramid The cave below the pyramid is believed to be a direct link to the underworld

21. pyramids Teotihuacan Pyramids Pyramid of the Moon Went through five distinct phases of building successively larger pyramids on top of previous ones Built on an elevated location for it to be level with the Pyramid of the Sun

22. pyramids …The End… Thank you!