The-pyramids-in-Egypt.doc

The pyramids in Egypt埃及金字塔是世界著名的建筑奇迹之一，它是用巨大石块修砌成的方锥形建筑物，因形似中文“金”字，故称作“金字塔”。The pyramids in Egypt (埃及) were built thousands of years ago. The pyramids were the kings tombs. The kings thought they would come back to life (复活) after they died. They hoped their bodies would be kept well in the pyramids when they came back to life. The pyramids lie on the west bank of the Nile River not far from Cairo. The old Egyptians compared (对比) the rising of the sun to the beginning of life and the setting of the sun to the end of life, so nearly all the pyramids were built on the west bank along the Nile.People have found about 110 pyramids in Egypt. The biggest one is the Great Pyramid. It took about 100,000 men 30 years to build the Great Pyramid. It was made with over 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone is about 2.5 tons, some even weigh fifteen tons.