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Ancient Egyptian Life: Important physical structures - The Pyramids, The Sphinx etc

Resources to support the Year 7 Humanities unit on Ancient Egyptian Life

Building pyramids

The large stones
How the Ancient Egyptians Really Built the Pyramids
Live science

Names of The Pyramids

The Main Pyramids of Egypt
Pyramids of Giza

Medum pyramid surrounded by rubble - The Bent Pyramid - The Red Pyramid. Meidum pyramid surrounded by rubble – The Bent Pyramid – The Red Pyramid

The Sphinx

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The Great Sphinx of Giza

Building the Pyramids

Why The Pyramids were built

Taken from Pbs.org. (2016). NOVA Online/Pyramids/Explore the Pyramids <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore> accessed 19 May 2016.