Egyptian pyramid
By: Gillian Clements.
Series: Building history
Publisher: Sea-to-Sea Publications; Distributed by Black Rabbit Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Mankato, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9781597711432
Subjects: Cheops, -- King of Egypt -- Tomb -- Juvenile literature; Great Pyramid (Egypt) -- Juvenile literature; Pyramids -- Egypt -- Design and construction -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: "Describes the process of building the largest pyramid in Egypt, built for Pharaoh Khufu, and describes the Egyptians' beliefs and customs of burial"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What are the pyramids?; title: Why choose a pyramid shape?; title: Who were the ancient Egyptians?; title: Where were the pyramids built?; title: How was the site laid out?; title: Who built the pyramids?; title: How were the pyramids built?; title: How were the blocks raised?; title: How was the pyramid finished?; title: What happened when Khufu died?; title: What happened to the pyramids?