To this day, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt remains one of the seven wonders of the world. In fact,

the Great Pyramid is the only surviving wonder of the world ("Wonders of the World"). The gigantic size of this

pyramid can amaze almost all people who see this ancient monument. Many curious people stand in wonder at

its base and try to imagine how it was constructed. Other people try to understand why the pyramid was even

The Nile river became the center of all civilization in the arid desert of the Egyptian countryside.

Nomadic hunters, ten to twenty thousand years ago, migrated to the Nile valley and Delta and there they

developed agriculture and husbandry (Mendelssohn 15). The Nile river is Egypt's primary sources of fresh water.

The water from the Nile was essential for the growth of agriculture in Egypt. As the agriculture grew, more

Over the centuries each tribe organized their own customs, gods, and religious life. In ancient times,

there are believed to be 42 provinces or nomes (Mendelssohn 15). Provinces and nomes are names for tribes.

"As time went on, some of the tribes formed groups and about six thousand years

gods for himself. It is awe inspiring to believe that any man of that time would have the scientific and

leveling of the building site was done by flooding the area within the square with water and leaving the high

vegetables. Edwards writes, "There is an inscription in Egyptian characters on the pyramid which records the

future, someone may be able to uncover more facts and clues to the ancient Egyptian life and the Great Pyramid.

Many authors agree that the Egyptians constructed a ramp that they could haul most of the stone close

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