1. Mission: Egyptian
Pyramids

2.  This is Dr. Throne. We have just made some
new discoveries about Egyptian Pyramids, so
this is your mission to go to Egypt to record
data to bring back. I’ve booked your plane
tickets. I trust you and your archeology
group will be successful.

3. Trip to Egypt Delta KLM

4.  Let’s go.

5.  Amsterdam, Change planes

6.  After twenty-three hours, we arrived.

7.  All set. We arrive at night, so this is our
hotel.

8.  Next day: The pyramids of Khufu.

9.  Ready to enter? Beware of scorpions and
snakes.

10.  Now let’s go through some data.

11.  The building of a pyramid . . .
 Supply from all over Egypt came by boat
from the Nile River. Dark greenish black
basalt came from Fayyum. Granite came
from Aswan that is very heavy. A single
brick weighed forty tons. Limestone came
from Tura to cover the Pyramid.

13.  The builder's village was interesting with
bakers, butchers, brewers, granaries, and
houses. Some builders were workers of
the pharaoh. About 20,000 to 30,000
workers help to build pyramids for eighty
years. Everybody worked hard and
wanted to have his or her role in the
continuing of the afterlife of a pharaoh.
They also liked to have their role in the
glory of Egypt.

15.  The ancient Egyptian Pyramids are ancient
pyramid-shaped structures in Egypt. There
have been 138 pyramids discovered in Egypt
since 2008. Most of them are tombs of
Pharaohs. The earliest pyramid discovered in
Egypt was the pyramid of Saqqara, northwest
of Memphis. The earliest among these is the
pyramid of Djoser, designed by architect
Imhotep. The estimated number of the
workers that built it was from a few thousand
to twenty thousand and up to 100,000. The
most famous pyramid is the pyramid of
Khufu, located outside Cairo in Giza. It is the
only one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient
world still in existence.

17.  Only during the time of the old kingdom did the ancient
Egyptians build pyramids to hold the royal tombs of their
kings. Pyramids had all kinds of fancy traps to catch the
robbers trying to rob the pyramids. The pyramids are full of
treasures and the average person creates grave gods to
take with them to their afterlife. The first pyramid, the
step pyramid, was built nearly 5,000 years ago. The
construction was abandoned after the old kingdom.
Because it is simple to find a pyramid, grave robbers knew
exactly where the pharaohs are buried, so they knew
where the pharaohs were buried, and where the wealth
was. The penalty of robbing the pyramid wasdeath.
However, the ancient Egyptians do not simply build a
pyramid and throw a pharaoh in and bury him. A whole city
would form beside it called the Pyramid City. Pharaohs
provided homes for all the pyramid workers, and they were
treated with food, homes, and goods. After a pyramid
finish its construction they whole city still exist. Some
people stayed, maintained, and guarded the pyramid.
Others, like bakers and basket weavers, were merchants
creating needed goods.

19.  Jars contained organs of the death.
 The body has been passed with the steps
of perfuming.
 The body is wrapped with bandages and
put into the coffin at last.

20.  That’s it. Let’s go inside.

22.  Record data.

23.  Back to the hotel. We received another
mission of discovering a tomb by one of
the daughters of Dr. Throne, also an
archaeologist.
Check this out:
http://www.nms.ac.uk/kids/games_and_adventu
res/egyptian_tomb_adventure.aspx

24.  It’s time to leave. We bought the ticket for
Continental Airlines’ direct flight to Atlanta.
It is also a tour flight that lets us see the
pyramids.

25.  The pyramids have structure and ability to
stand for several thousands of years.
They will still stand in the land of Egypt
forever.

26. Bye.Thanks for watching.

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