Pyramids
About Pyramids
The Egyptian pyramids are ancient masonry structures located in Egypt. Most were built as tombs for the pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. At least 138 identified pyramids have been discovered in Egypt. Approximately 80 pyramids were built within the Kingdom of Kush, now located in the modern country of Sudan.
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In 1833 the Pasha of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, planned to dismantle the pyramids and use the stones to build a dam, but was talked out of destroying the most ancient site in the world.
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The pyramids used to have a smooth marble casing around them, so what we see now is just what is left; they used to be really shiny.
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In 2013 a pair of Peruvian real estate companies destroyed a 4,000-year-old pyramid that was six metres high, and their workers tried to destroy three more before onlookers stopped them.
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Victorian tourists had far more access to the pyramids than we do and could climb all over them, and there are lots of pictures of Victorians having picnics on top.
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Victorians would chip bits off the pyramids as souvenirs, and all you could hear was the tinkling of tack hammers as people chipped away at the monuments.
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The first European visitors to the pyramids were offered sharp objects by their Arab guides so they could carve their own graffiti into the stone.
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