Egypt

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As of 2008 there are 138 pyramids in Egypt. The pyramids were built because they were tombs for Egyptian Pharaohs. The best known Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza,, on the outskirts of Cario. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built. The shape of Egyptian pyramids is thought to represent the Primordial Mound from which the Egyptians believed the earth was created. While it is generally agreed that pyramids were burial monuments, there is continued disagreement on the particular theological principles that might have given rise to them. One theory is that they were designed as a type of resurrection machine. Egypt is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of The Ancient Worlds. Before pyramids people in Egypt built tombs.

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King Tut

**Great Sphinx of Giza** is a [|statue] of a reclining [|lion] with a human head that stands on the [|Giza Plateau] in [|Giza] on the west bank of the Nile, near modern-day [|Cairo], in [|Egypt]. It is the largest [|monolith] statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres 241 ft long, 20 ft wide, and 66.34 ft high. It is the oldest known [|monumental sculpture], and is commonly believed to have been built by [|ancient Egyptians] of [|Old Kingdom] in [|2555 BC] to 1532 BC

Egyptian God of Mummifcation Anubis