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The Giza Pyramids and Sphinx

By Tristan Walczak

The Giza Pyramids are located in Egypt; the Sphinx is located there too. There are many archeologists that search the desert for artifacts. The Giza Pyramids and Sphinx have many cool things about them. The religion about the Sphinx is very cool. They thought that it was the sun god. They also thought that it protects the pyramids and the ones buried inside of it. They called it “The Protector of the Giza Pyramids.” The religion on the sphinx is very fascinating. The religion on the Giza Pyramids is also very cool. They said it was the way to the afterlife. They buried the mummy and closed the door to the pyramid. They also said that the pyramid was the key to the mummy. The gods could tell them apart by the pyramids. The religion on the Giza Pyramid is still very religious. The Giza Pyramids took time to build. The time that we think it took was up to 20 years. They start to build as soon as the pharaoh was crowned. The rocks to build came from Nubia (modern day Iraq) and were put on the pyramid. It is still a mystery on how they got the stones up the side of the pyramid. That is the way they built the pyramids. The way they built the sphinx is a whole different story. They used solid bedrock, instead of rocks. The height of the pyramid is 20m tall and 72 m long.