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古埃及金字塔是奴隶制帝王的陵墓,最宏大的当为吉萨三座大金字塔。塔基呈方形,每边长230米,高146米,用230余万块巨石(每块平均重达2.5吨)垒成,国王墓室用一块400吨重的石板垒成。整体规模雄伟壮观,设计科学,构造复杂,历时30年建成。古希腊时即被称为世界七大奇迹之一,1980年列入世界遗产名录。
Built4,000yearsago,thethreegreatpyramidsatGiza,intheEgyptiandesertremainthemostcolossal1buildingseverconstructed.矗立在埃及沙漠中吉萨的三座大金字塔建于4000年前,它们一直都是有史以来最宏大的建筑。
ThepyramidswerebuiltbyEgyptiansundertheordersoftheEgyptianleader,whosetitlewasPharaoh2.TherewasasequenceofPharaohsculminating3around2615B.C.,withthePharaohCheopswhobuiltthebiggestthingeverbuilt,theGreatPyramid,alsoknownasKhu?fu.Cheopsbuiltapyramid770feetononesideand481feettall.Howancientbuildersmanagedtobuildthesemassivestructureshasneverbeenfullyansweredbuttheeffortclearlyrequiredbrainsandbrawn4.
金字塔是埃及人在他们的领袖——名为法老——的命令下建造的。在公元前2615年左右,几任法老相继统治埃及,基奥普斯法老建造了有史以来最大的金字塔——大金字塔,也被称为胡夫金字塔。胡夫金字塔每边长770英尺,高481英尺。古代的建筑者是如何建造这些庞然大物的,这一直是个未解之谜,但很明显它需要付出大量的脑力和体力。
Wasthereengineeringgeniusinvolved?Yes,therewas.Forexample,whenyou’reputtingtheblockrightatthetop,howareyougoingtolug5ablockofstonethatweighsseveraltons480feetupastructure?Howareyougoingtodoit,andhowareyougoingtodoitwithoutleavingscratches6onalltherestofthestructure?Andhowmanypeopledoesittaketodragablockweighingseveraltons480feetupintothesky?Approximately,2.3millionblocksofstonewerecut,transportedandassembledtocreatetheGreatPyramid.
ThePharaohsmayhavesetouttobuildmagnificenttombsforthemselves,butintheendtheycreatedmonumentstohumanpotential.There’sauniversalmessageinthepyramids.ThepyramidsbelongtoEgypt,butthepyramidsalsobelongtotheworld.That’swhywecanallidentifythepyramidsasanearlymonumentofhumangreatness.
法老们的初衷是为自己建造豪华的陵墓,而最终他们创建的却是昭示人类潜能的纪念碑。金字塔蕴含着一种共同的信息,金字塔属于埃及,但它也属于世界。因此我们完全可以把金字塔作为展示人类伟大文明的早期纪念物
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