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So what's so great about the Great Pyramid? Lots of stuff, like its amazing shape and dimensions. Click on the pyramid to find out more.

On this Web site, wander through the chambers and passageways of the Great Pyramid, and learn about the pharaohs for whom these monumental tombs were built. You can also follow the 1997 field season of a team of archaeologists as they excavated the bakery that fed the pyramid builders

Archaeologists believe Egypt's large pyramids are the work of the Old Kingdom society that rose to prominence in the Nile Valley after 3000 B.C. Historical analysis tells us that the Egyptians built the Giza Pyramids in a span of 85 years between 2589 and 2504 BC. Interest in Egyptian chronology is widespread in both popular and scholarly circles. We wanted to use science to test the accepted historical dates of several Old Kingdom monuments.

Pyramids

Explore these sites to learn about the ancient Egyptian pyramids. Includes illustrations and interactive sites. There are links to eThemes Resources on angles and triangles, Modern Egypt, and ancient culture.

Unbelievable graphics and excellent quality information and activities. Particularly good pyramid, hieroglyphics, and math activities. Commercial content is probably worth buying if it is as good as the free stuff. Can use for educational purposes if you link back to his site. Egypt Pyramids Pharaohs Hieroglyphs temple reconstructions kings and queens free Quiz games write your name in the ancient hieroglyphic script.

VIDEO: November 12, 2008-A previously buried 4,300-year-old pyramid in Egypt has been found by archaeologists-the tomb of Queen Sesheshet.

Who Built the Pyramids? Not slaves. Archeaologist Mark Lehner, digging deeper, discovers a city of privileged workers.

Fly above the pyramids for a closer view!

During this dynasty Egyptian culture advanced rapidly. The beginning is dusky with more than one candidate to be the founder. The table of Nabil Swelim below is based on the opinion that the complex of Djoser was a cultural peak that had developed for a period of about 60-80 years of the dynasty. There is no general agreement among scholars on this table. Khaba and Sa are usually put at the end of the dynasty topped by Sanakht followed by his brother Djoser. This era is famous for a new type of tomb which gave Egypt fame through of all times - the great Pyramids.

Excavations on Cairo's westernmost outskirts have revealed what archaeologist Mark Lehner calls a "royal production center," at lower right, that fed and equipped pyramid workers at Giza. To the left lies a cemetery dug into a cliff containing some of the builders' tombs.

Interactive Pyramid Buiding Game

Page on theories of how the pyramids were built.

Inquiry learning project in which teams must research the cost of building a pyramid today and submit bids.

Interview with a scientist who thinks the pyramids were poured from concrete rather than hauled into place. Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald, heard Saturdays from 12:06 p.m. on CBC Radio One

Outstanding grade 6-9 Google Earth math activity to calculate the volume of the pyramids.

How do we know that the settlement located at the foot of the Giza Plateau belongs to the same period of time as when the Egyptians were building the pyramids? Two kinds of evidence tell us that we are excavating a 4th Dynasty site (2575-2465 BC): ceramics and sealings.