The Pyramids of the Ancient EgyptiansPyramids, large structures with four triangular sides that meet at a point at the top, directly above the center of the square base of the pyramid. Ancient people in many parts of the world built pyramids, but the Egyptians built the largest and most famous pyramids, which this essay discusses. The ancient Egyptians built more than 90 royal pyramids, from around 2630 BC until around 1530 BC. During this period, the pyramid shape evolved from a series of stepped terraces that resembled the layers of a wedding cake to most countries, a slanted pyramid shape. The first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Şaqqārah, was built during the reign of King Djoser (2630 BC-2611 BC). The Egyptian pyramids are the mysteries of Egypt because everyone has an idea of ​​what they were used for, but no one can really know. I'm sure it's true. The pyramids served primarily as tombs for kings and queens, but they were also places of ongoing religious activity. After a ruler's death, his body was carefully treated and wrapped to preserve it like a mummy. According to ancient Egyptian belief, the pyramid, where the mummy was placed, provided the monarch with a place to pass into the afterlife. In nearby temples, priests performed rituals to nourish the spirit of the dead monarch, believed to remain with the body after death. In the Old Kingdom (a period of Egyptian history from about 2575 BC to about 2134 BC), Egyptian artists carved hieroglyphs on the walls of the burial chamber, intended to guarantee the passage of the dead monarch into the beyond. These hieroglyphic writings, which include hymns, magical spells, instructions on how to act before the gods, and other useful bits of knowledge, are known as the pyramid texts. During the Old Kingdom, the Egyptians built their largest and most ambitious pyramids. , generally made of large blocks of stone. Over time, the pyramids declined in size and quality, probably because they were extremely expensive. In the Middle Kingdom (2040 BC-1640 BC), the Egyptians built pyramids mainly from mud bricks. All the pyramids were aligned with the cardinal directions, meaning that their sides were almost exactly oriented north-south and east-west. Most of the pyramids come from the desert plateaus on the west bank of the Nile, behind which the sun sets. The Egyptians believed that the spirit of a dead monarch had left the body... middle of paper ...... scientific expedition to Egypt in 1638. Greaves set out to describe the Great Pyramid and his measurements proved very accurate. . Throughout the remainder of the 17th and 18th centuries, the efforts of European diplomats and travelers, such as the Frenchman Benoît de Maillet, the British Richard Pococke, and the Danish Frederik Norden, helped stimulate European interest in the monuments of ancient Egypt. Other great men in history must have attacked the Pyramids, like Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt. A large team of scholars accompanied his army, intending to document not only all the ancient monuments, but also the plants, animals, geography, and culture of modern inhabitants. The results of this effort, which ended in 1801 with the French withdrawal from Egypt, were published in a monumental series of works entitled Description of Egypt (1809-1828). Explorations continued in the 1980s and 1990s, characterized by..