WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The last of the pyramids of Giza was built for Khafre’s son, Menkaure, around 2510 BC. It is the smallest of the three main pyramids at just 62m. It is believed that the pharaoh Menkaure died before the structure was completed, leaving some stones unfinished.

Detailed explanation-2: -The last of the great pyramid builders was Pepy II (2278-2184 B.C.), the second king of the sixth dynasty, who came to power as a young boy and ruled for 94 years.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Egyptians had realised that – they knew that if they could construct joints so tight that water couldn’t get in, then the building would not destroy itself and it would last a long time. They did this in the Great Pyramid.

Detailed explanation-4: -Egypt’s pharaohs expected to become gods in the afterlife. To prepare for the next world they erected temples to the gods and massive pyramid tombs for themselves-filled with all the things each ruler would need to guide and sustain himself in the next world.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most recent pyramid to be discovered was that of Neith, a wife of Teti. All of Egypt’s pyramids, except the small Third Dynasty pyramid at Zawyet el-Maiyitin, are sited on the west bank of the Nile, and most are grouped together in a number of pyramid fields.