Pyramids of Egypt

There are about 138 pyramids in Egypt according to The New York Times. (In the shadow of a Long Past) Basically the pyramids are a structure which is triangle shape upon a surface. All the pyramids are basically built near Nile River.

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The above picture is of three pyramids of Giza. 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. (Pyramids)

Pyramids are supposed to carry died body of King or Queen within them. Every pyramid in the heart of the pyramid has a coffin where the body can be preserved. In ancient Egypt culture people use to think that they can preserve the body under the influence of the sand and due to that they came up with the idea of building pyramids. This huge structure is man-made without the use of any technology. It probably took millions of hours to create pyramid and thousands of workers to build a pyramid. Pyramids are the main attraction for Egypt. And even one of the pyramids is recorded as the wonder of the world as it is still standing all this years.

Do you want to know more about pyramids and even the history of Egyptian pyramids and their existence till date? Would you love to visit this ancient culture of Egypt?