Let’s Explore The Beauty Of Pyramids And Sphinx

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The fantasy world of the Egyptian pyramids and mummies never goes out of the trend. The pyramids have created great inspirations in the latest art and architecture. Here you can read on to find the facts that you may not have heard so far.

The very first pyramid is the Step Pyramid of Djoser, which has royal tombs that were made from mud bricks. Some portions are made of limestone which was taken from the Nile River. Later the tombs were constructed, which were mostly bench shaped called mastabas.

 

By placing these six mastabas together, a shape was created in a stack, which was later called a pyramid. And that’s how the Entire pyramid was constructed. To explore the pyramids and their architecture, you can find some Affordable Tours in Egypt.

 

  • What pyramids have?

The pyramid contains rooms, burial chambers, and mainly mummies. Yes, mummification is the ancient technique that Egyptians used to treat the dead body.  Here, the entire body is dehydrated with some special process. The dead body is dried enough to make sure that it will not decompose later.

 

With the help of medicinal leaves, they remove some body parts and embalming them. This embalming is a wonderful process that enables the tourists to see the exact figure of the mummified body that was embalmed 2000 years ago. Mummification and embalming were done throughout the history of Egyptians.

 

  • Features of Sphinx

Not just the pyramids, but also the Sphinx plays a major role in Egypt architecture. The sphinx is a big creature with a lion’s body and a human head. The Greek word ‘Sphinx’ refers to squeeze. The Great Sphinx is a limestone statue that indicates the pharaoh Khafre.

 

This elegant statue is situated around the Nile River in Giza.  It is not surprising that Giza is home to the monuments, great Pyramids and Sphinx Tours Egypt.  Some popular facts about the Great Sphinx are as below:

 

  • The Great Sphinx took three years to construct
  • It is the biggest limestone sculpture so far
  • It contains only one slab of limestone
  • The monolith face has no nose

The Egyptian Museum is the ancient Museum in the Middle East and possesses an elegant collection of antiques, and statues. It houses vast collections of antiques, and jewelry and showcases the Egyptian’s art and architecture. Grand Egyptian Museum Tours can help tourists explore more than 40,000 artifacts and pictorials.

 

For more information, you can visit our website https://www.egyptpyramidsguidedtours.com/

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