pyramids

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1. A group of huge monuments in the desert of Egypt (see also Egypt ), built as burial vaults for ancient Egyptian kings. The age of pyramid building in Egypt began about 2700 b.c. ( See under “World History to 1550.” )

pyramids

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1. A group of huge monuments in the Egyptian desert, built as burial vaults for the pharaohs and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . The pyramids have square bases and four triangular faces. Pyramid building began in Egypt (see also Egypt ) about 2700 b.c. and required vast amounts of slave labor.

Example Sentences

They lived in large cities with a system of roads, and built amazing stone buildings, including temples, palaces, and pyramids.

From NewsForKids.net

Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.

From BBC

More than 20 years in the making, the sprawling 120-acre Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza, will showcase more than 100,000 objects, including treasures from the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

From BBC

When I watch “America’s Got Talent,” I guess I’m watching the future of Olympics sports — human/dog acrobatics, human pyramids, acrobats spinning 30 feet up in the air, complex acrobatic dance groups, etc.

From Los Angeles Times

“The oldest organism that we know on the planet lives in these ecosystems. That’s a black coral. Some of the specimens that scientists collected and dated were effectively born when people were building the pyramids.”

From Los Angeles Times