The Great Pyramid
More
than four thousand years ago, the Egyptians were highly civilized, and their
country was the richest in the world. They had a long line of Kings, but Cheops
was the most famous of them.
One
day, the young prince, Cheops, called the royal priest and asked him what
happened to man after his death. The priest told him that every dead person
would come to life again after millions of years and his soul would enter his
dead body if it were preserved. That is why Egyptian kings built strong
pyramids to preserve their dead bodies in those pyramids for thousands of
years. Only the dead bodies of kings were kept in the Pyramids because the
safety and welfare of the people lay in the safety of their kings.
On
becoming king, Cheops ordered the royal architect to build a strong pyramid
which time would not be able to destroy. The architect required 100,000 slaves
to work for 20 years. He
required 12 acres of
land to build a 500-foot-high pyramid. He told the king that the pyramid would
be very strong and with mouth faces and He also said that he would use two half
million stone blocks each weighing two and a half tons. The ancient Egyptians
took great care to preserve the bodies of their dead kings because they
believed that the dead kings would come to life again after a long time. The
Great Pyramid is very solid because it is made of huge, big blocks of stones. These
huge stones are so joined together or cemented that not a drop of water or a pinch
of dust can enter between them. Thus, the Great Pyramid was built. It is
counted even now among the great wonders of the world.
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