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The Pyramid Of Giza

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Introduction
The Egyptian people were the most successful ancient civilization because of their buildings(architecture), army, and inventions. Their buildings(architecture) are supreme and most are still standing today. Their army was strong most of the time and we still use some of their inventions today.
Egyptian Architecture
One of the buildings they made was the pyramid reason is because they built pyramids as high as skyscrapers without using any types of lifts or technology. They built over 130 pyramids built as tombs for pharaohs. The biggest pyramid ever built was the pyramid of Giza. This pyramid was 481 feet tall and they used about 2.3 million blocks of stone weighing from 1.5 to 15 tons each. Each pyramid had three burial chambers. …show more content…

Columns were an important aspect of the symbolism of a temple complex. They were not designed to only to support a roof, but to contribute their own meaning to the whole work. Some of the designs on the columns were the papyrus bundle, the Lotus design, popular in the Middle Kingdom, with a capital opening like a lotus flower; The bud column whose capital appears to be an unopened flower, and the Djed column which was probably most famous from the Heb Sed Court at Djoser’s complex, but was so widely used in Egyptian architecture it can be found from one of the country to the other. The Djed symbol was an ancient symbol used for stability and frequently used in columns either at the base at the capital or as an entire column. Columns were important because they helped support buildings. Columns still support buildings today such as the White House. This once again shows us that they were master …show more content…

One of the inventions that they made was hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs were drawings that portrayed a story. There are 800 hieroglyphs that the ancient egyptians used. Hieroglyphs are on some of the oldest artifacts today. One example of hieroglyphs on artifacts is the Rosetta Stone. Egyptians also used hieroglyphs to keep accurate records and maintain their empire. Hieroglyphs are
Egyptian Ink
Another invention of the ancient egyptians was black ink. The egyptian people could not only make black ink, but also multi colored ink and dye. The process and depth of color utilized in the Egyptian invention of ink and dye was so marvelous that these brilliant hued colors can still be seen today, thousands of years later. You can see ink today in pyramids, egyptian artwork, and on other egyptian artifacts.
The clock
The final invention they made was the clock. Ancient egyptian were one of the first civilizations to divide days into equal parts using timekeeping devices. Some of the earliest forms of clocks were sundial's, shadow clocks, and obelisks. There is evidence of water clocks in ancient egypt. They were shaped like bowls and had a hole in the bottom of them. They floated atop of water and were allowed to be filled up representing the number of hours to work or

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