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    My life started like a rollercoaster! I’m a triplet and I was born on April 26, 2003. Me and my brothers Zac and Lukas were born three months premature. When my dad held us for the first time he said we were the size of his hand. We were in the Nicu for two months trying to grab onto life.Each one of us each weighed a little over 2 pounds.Two years later my sister Sophia was born she weighed a 2 pounds. She was born almost three months premature and had to stay into the Nicu for three months. My

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    My life started like a roller coaster! I’m a triplet and I was born on April 26, 2003. Me and my brothers Zac and Lukas were born three months premature. When my dad held us for the first time he said we were the size of his hand. We were in the Nicu for two months trying to grab onto life.Each one of us each weighed an little over 2 pounds.Two years later, my sister Sophia was born, she weighed a 2 pounds. She was born almost three months premature and had to stay into the Nicu for three months

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    Grand Canyon

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    The Grand Canyon is a plateau canyon.Summer temperatures on the South Rim are relatively pleasant (50°s - 80°s F; 10°s to high 20°s C) but inner canyon temperatures are extreme. Daytime highs at the river, 5000 feet below the rim, often exceed 100° F (38° C) The average amount of rainfall in the canyon is less than 16 inches. The canyon has a North Rim and a South Rim both of which are located in the United States of America, the South Rim Visitor Center’s coordinates are 36°03'32"N 112°06'33"W

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    The canyon is considered a plateau canyon because it has been uplifted and the large amounts of water that have created it. The converging plate boundaries of the Pacific Plate and the North American plate led to the forming of the Grand Canyon. These two plates collided and the oceanic crust was subducted. The subduction of the ocean crust forced the continental crust upward and the Colorado Plateau was formed by this upward push . The uplift of the Colorado Plateau allowed the Colorado River

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    The Grand Canyon is a like a big hole in the ground. The Grand Canyon is said to be 6,000 feet deep, 277 miles long, and 18 miles wide. The Grand Canyon is located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The South Rim is the most visited side of the Grand Canyon. Most people observe the Grand Canyon as one of the seven wonders of the word. The Grand Canyon was formed by the erosion of the Colorado River. The Colorado River runs through the canyon. Geologists are interested about the detectable sites of different

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    Pyramids of Giza Have you ever heard someone call the Great Pyramids of Giza the last of the seven wonders? Well the reason they say this is because it’s the only one left standing and it is the oldest of the wonders (Mark). These ancient pyramids are great for studying how people lived and worked in Egypt thousands of years ago. This paper will discuss the history of the pyramids, the Pharaohs at the times of construction, and how they were built. The Pyramids of Giza were built on the Giza Plateau

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    PYRAMIDS INTRODUCTION A pyramid is a structure or monument, usually with a quadrilateral base, which rises to a triangular point. In the popular imagination, pyramids are the three lonely structures on the Giza plateau at the edge of the Sahara Desert but there are over seventy pyramids in Egypt stretching down the Nile River Valley and, in their time, they were the centers of great temple complexes. Although largely associated exclusively with Egypt, the pyramid shape was first used in ancient

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    Sphinx Research Paper

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    Can you imagine walking up and touching a strange an immense stone sculpture in the middle of a plateau? Visualize looking into the body of a lion and the head of a human. Picture seeing one of the oldest and largest statues in the world. Are you seeing the Sphinx in Giza, Egypt? The Sphinx is located in Giza, Egypt. Each day the sun rises in the east and sets in west. The ancient Egyptians were very superstitious, so everything on the western bank of the Nile River represented death to the Egyptians

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    The Pyramids Of Egypt T

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    pyramids provides the primary thesis of discussion. Social and political analysis of the pyramids along with the history and significance of the structures will be of significant importance. One theory regarding the relationship between the pyramids of Giza relates to the constellation of Orion . The three pyramids mimic the constellation, aligning nearly perfectly with the constellation both in shape and relative size. Another theory hypothesizes the Great Pyramid was based on pi and phi as the numbers

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza was once a magnificent pyramid built by the King of all Egypt King Khufu. In this time he built one of the most biggest and mathematical buildings in the world. But it took the determination of the leader that they had would have to put all the time and effort into building the pyramids making sure that they have the right sort of men who would complete the task. The meaning of the pyramid is coming from the Greek words PYRAMIS and PYRAMIDOS which is related to the shape

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