Pyramid+Builders+-+Djoser,+Sneferu,+Khufu


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 * II. Djoser, Sneferu, Khufu**

There are a great number of pyramids today. Many of them are older than a millenium. **Khufu, Sneferu and Djoser were kings in Ancient Egypt and designed some of the greatest pyramids.** Here are some of the many pyramids and reasons that they are so famous now and back then.
 * The Step Pyramid** was built by Imhotep for the king **Djoser**. **//The Step was the first pyramid ever built,//** and Djoser and five family members were buried in it. Djoser made special modifications to the Step Pyramid such as secret passageways and escapre routes for the builders. On one of Djoser's burial statues it has his name in hieroglyphs. The Step Pyramid inspired many other pyramid designs.

Sneferu built four of his own pyramids. Sneferu's four pyramids were bigger projects than the Pyramid of Giza. //**Sneferu's son, Khufu, helped Sneferu to make special modifications to pyramids.**// Khufu watched his father Sneferu build and learned very well from him.


 * Khufu was the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza,** supposedly the greatest pyramid ever built. The pyramid of Giza has lasted for more than 45 centuries. King Khufu used copper tools and simple building methods to make the pyramid of Giza. There is a nine centimeter statue of Khufu in front of the pyramid of Giza. Khufu's pyramid was built specially for him and is 481 feet tall with a 756 foot perimiter. Khufu's pyramid has 2,300,000 blocks of limestone in it. Khufu's pyramid weighs approximately 6,500,000 tons. The tomb of Khufu, under his pyramid, has five blocks that weigh fifty tons each on top of each other to prevent robberies. Khufu was one of the builders of one of the first boats. The boat is 130 feet long and is preserved in a museum so that it is not stolen. The boat was found in pieces and reassembled. Khufu lead military raids into Sinai. Khufu's mother's name was Hetepheres. Khufu's son Khafre helped to design his own pyramid. Khufu reigned for approximatly twenty four years.

Khufu, Djoser, and Sneferu were all great pyramid builders. They were all remembered for different pyramids. Djoser for his Step Pyramid, Khufu for Giza, and Sneferu for his own four pyramids. They might have just been kings that wanted a place to be buried, but to us now just a burial place is a great pyramid that has lasted for over a millenium.

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