Storiascopio · Era 3 of 12 · primary year 4
The Great Pyramid of Giza
about 2560 BC · Giza, Egypt
In short
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for the pharaoh Khufu and was originally about 146 metres high. It took more than two million stone blocks, each weighing on average more than two tonnes. It was not slaves who worked on it, but teams of workers who were paid and fed and lived in a village near the building site. For almost four thousand years no man-made building was taller.
Why it matters It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Pyramids of Giza”
Where we are in the era “River civilisations”
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about 4000 BCEvent 10 of 25about 1200 BC
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
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