“ The ancient Egyptians were very
intelligent people. They invented many things to make their life more efficient.
In ancient Egypt, pyramids were built during the time of the Old Kingdom.
Pyramids were tombs, royal tombs, where the ancient Egyptians buried their
kings. The first pyramid was the Step Pyramid. It was built about 5,000 years
ago! You could see it for miles!
Beautifully Decorated: Most
pyramids were huge. They had rooms inside like store rooms, bedrooms, and even
inside courtyards. Pyramids took many years to build. The inside walls of the
pyramids were beautifully decorated.
False Doors: As well as messages
and prayers and stories painted on the inside walls in hieroglyphics, the walls
were also painted with fake doors. These were not painted to trick anyone into
walking into a solid wall. Painted false doors were considered the connectors
between the living and the dead.
Pyramid Cities: Cities grew up
around the base of a pyramid that was under construction. These cities were
called pyramid cities. Pharaoh provided food, shelter, and clothing for the
workers and their families. This is how the workers were paid.
After the pyramid was built, the
pyramid city continued to flourish. The workers might be gone, but in their
place were guards. A pyramid had to be guarded. Pharaohs, like all ancient
Egyptians, were buried with grave goods so they could enjoy their afterlife. A
pharaoh's grave goods were made of gold and encrusted with jewels. Since
pyramids were huge, there was no hiding them. Everybody knew that a pyramid
held great wealth. This tempted many robbers. So the expense of a pyramid was
not only in construction costs, it continued after the pyramid was built.
Tomb Robbing: To discourage
theft, the punishment for robbing a tomb was severe. Traps and secret passages
were built inside a pyramid to catch robbers. The pyramid was guarded. Just the
same, robbers could not seem to resist the lure of the great wealth inside.
Many tombs were successfully robbed.
After the time of the Old
Kingdom, pyramids fell out of style. They cost a lot of time and money, and
made it far too easy for robbers to know exactly where great wealth was buried.” I got this from some website for you. It is 368 words. You can paraphrase it and make it your own style. I hope this helps.
