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__5 Pyramids of Egypt __    // __Dahshur:__ // The flood of the Nile tells part of the reason why this pyramid is collapsed. Dahshur is only 10 meters above sea level, and built an outstanding foundation of hard clay. It’s thought that this was the first pyramid with burial chambers built to live a pharaoh and his queens. Seneferu built Dahshur.     // __Hawara:__ // Hawara was built with a base or 105 meters and a height of 58 meters. The pyramid’s core was built entirely of mud brick stones with only an outer core of Limestone. “Mudbrick Mountain.”     // __Giza:__ // There is no complete answer to who built Giza. The earliest known historian of the Egyptian Pyramid Age, the ancient Greek historian Herodotus (5th century B.C.). The great pyramid took over 20 years to build. They needed 10,000 men to construct this.     // __Abu Roash: __ // Abu Roash is located 5 miles north of Giza. Abu Roash was the site that the first son of Khufu, Djedefre, chose to build his pyramid. Some experts believe that this pyramid was never finished. A successor, it was Djedefre's responsibility to attend to the completion of his fathers entombment. That’s when he started building his tomb, Abu Roash.  <span style="height: 140.65pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 368.05pt; margin-top: 7.45pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 181.45pt; z-index: -2;">   // __<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Abusir- __ //<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Neferefre built this pyramid. His father died young, probably in his early 20’s. Abusir is located west of the Nile. An artifact found in Abusir, is a beautiful statuette of Neferefre sculpted in limestone, and painted. This pyramid was never finished, and is in very bad conditions. <span style="color: blue; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;"> <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"> // __<span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">Research __ // // <span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Napoleon's soldiers found a black basalt rock near the Egyptian city of Rosetta containing hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek writing. This stone was taken back to Paris and became known as the Rosetta Stone. //// <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">The Egyptian hieroglyphic portion is thought to have originally contained 29 lines, but more than half of it has been lost. // <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">// <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">﻿  // // <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C. Its //// <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Height is 114.400 cm (max.)Width: 72.300 cm. Thickness: 27.900 cm. Weight: about 760 kilograms (1,676 lb.). //// <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">It was found in a small village in the Delta called Rosetta. That’s why it’s called The Rosetta Stone, because it was, well, found in Rosetta. Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822. //// <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> He then became the founder of Egyptology. Champollion mastered at least 7 different ancient languages when he was 16. // <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">// <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">﻿  // <span style="height: 318.75pt; left: 0px; margin-left: 276pt; margin-top: 108pt; mso-position-horizontal-relative: text; mso-position-horizontal: absolute; mso-position-vertical-relative: text; mso-position-vertical: absolute; mso-wrap-distance-left: 9pt; mso-wrap-distance-right: 9pt; mso-wrap-style: square; position: absolute; text-align: left; visibility: visible; width: 252pt; z-index: -1;"> // <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Rosetta Stone is very famous, because it provided the key to the ancient language. Pierre Bouchard, on 15 July 1799, found the polished basalt. The Rosetta Stone says how a group of thankful priests to honor an Egyptian Pharaoh. It lists all the good things the pharaoh has done for the people of Egypt. // <span style="color: blue; display: none; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">  <span style="font-family: 'Book Antiqua','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">