The historical development of the Pyramids

Pyramids built in Egypt On one line and the numbers of pyramids 90-100 Extends from Abu Rawash in Giza until Hawara on the outskirts of Fayoum,It is a Property buildings built by ancient Egyptians in the period from 2630 BC. M .until the year 1530 BC. M.The buildings of  pyramids Shading from Graded pyramid to Drawn pyramid shape in the form of a hierarchical as the Pyramids of Giza, the king Khufu built the Great Pyramid one of the seven wonders of the world. the Egyptian pyramids were tombs for the kings and queens,And temples were built next to it to can Priests  help the soul Royal Going to later life.

 In the Old Kingdom  (2585 BC. M. --2 134 BC. M.) egyptian artists had engraved texts in hieroglyphics on the walls of the burial chamber of the Royal mummy (was instructions and Hymns that they have recited In front of gods and amulets) to guarded in his path to the after life .These texts known as Pyramid Texts .During the era of the Old Kingdom pyramids were built of large stone,But with time,the size has decreased.

Because Pyramids was costly- for this we find in the Middle Kingdom (2630 BC. M. --1 640 BC. M.) Pyramids had built of mud brick lactic.The four sides of the pyramids lying directly with the four cardinal directions (north, south, east and west) .Most of the pyramids were built in the desert Where the sun sets behind,because the ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit of the dead King left his body to travel to the sky with the sun every day and when the sun sets in the west, Spirit Royal back to cemetery in the pyramid to renew itself .

 The entrances to the pyramids ware in the center of the northern facade of the pyramid .The entrance of the Great Pyramid rises 17 meters above the surface of the Earth ,Which leads to the corridor down to the burial chamber of King .The design of  the pyramids changed over time but the  entrance remained held in the north to lead to the corridor down to the bottom , sometimes leads to the burial chamber of King, which was constructed in point in the center base of the pyramid , sometimes the rooms are held next to the king's chamber to store belongings and the things that will use in his afterlife, including precious things which was cause for looting and theft.

Temples and a small pyramids- were built around the pyramid- Inside the Temple of the priests and dignitaries ,they was connected to a port on the Nile beach and it was related to several channels.It has been called the Valley Temple which was connected Which was plugged into along and high-roofed to walk in it.This road extends from the valley through the desert to lead to a funeral temple called the the Temple of the Pyramid Was related to the status of the eastern side of the pyramid, which was a collection of pyramids , including Pyramids of disciples and the Pyramids of Queens ,These disciples pyramids  were small places for burial that did not know her secret There was   statues represent the spirit of of King in it ,The Pyramids of Queens was a small, simple and small, around with small temples, were dedicated for the burial of his lovely wives

King Khufu's pyramid is called the Great Pyramid -It is located in the desert west of Giza in Egypt ,Next to the pyramid of King Khafra (son of Khufu) and King Menkaure (the grandson of Khufu).

Method of burial had started to the ancient Egyptian From the ancient tombs to the pyramids Between the years 2920 BC. M. To the year 2770 BC. M.Since 2770 BC. M. -2649 BC. M,Kings were buried in the town of Abydos In graves of a brick walls

above of it terrace of sand.In the year 2649 BC. M. until the year 2575 BC. M. Kings were buried under the mud-brick terrace .But the king Zoser, who reigned 2630 years BC. M. Until 2611 BC. M. Built his pyramid at Saqqara ,It is alarge area of a square terrace, topped by  terraces of Gradient space formed  a pyramid topped it.It consists of 6 terraces,the minister architect Amenhotep has designed it,Then the Kings started building Terraces of stone.  the first true pyramid built by  the king Snefru in the village of Dahshur.Between the years 2465 BC. M. And 2323 BC. M. The Royal Pyramids did not  take care of its building
In the era of the New Kingdom (1550 BC. .- AD 1070 BC. M.),Kings no longer buried in pyramids and Transferred the location of burial tombs in the Valley of the Kings where their new capital of Luxor (Teebah)

The Pyramids of Giza located in Pyramids Plateau in the city of Giza (Memph or Memphis) in Egypt, in the West Bank of the Nile ,Was built around 2480-2550 BC.these are  three pyramids- the Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of khafre and the pyramid of Menkaure.These pyramids are aproperty tombs,Each of them carrying name of the king who built it, and was buried after his death,The pyramidal construction here Is astage of the development of architecture in the tombs of ancient Egypt which started with a small hole turned into underground chamber,and then to several rooms topped by terrace,Then evolved to take the form of pyramid by architect Amahotb -Minister of the pharaoh Zoser in the Third Dynasty-The pyramid is located in the cemetery of Saqqara.This was followed by two attempts of King Snefru-The founder of Fourth Dynasty-to build afull  pyramidal shape but the two pyramids not are Pyramidal shape ,they are located in Dahshur ,One of them is flattened base and The other took a small shape after half a size .The architect Hmeono able -The architect of King Khufu-able to reach the ideal form of pyramidal and Constructed the pyramid of Khufu in Giza On an area of ​​13 acres ,This was followed by a pyramid of khafre and Menkaure.