TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 The Great Pyramid 4 CHAPTER 2 Stone and Sweat 10 CHAPTER 3 Inside the Pyramid 16 CHAPTER 4 An Ancient Wonder 22 Making Connections 30 Glossary 31 Index 32 Online Resources 32
CHAPTER 1 THE GREAT PYRAMID Heat sizzles in the air as tourists approach a huge pyramid People built it during similar weather over 4,000 years ago Its limestone blocks are aged Still it stands tall above the desert sand WATCH A VIDEO HERE
The Great Pyramid of Giza is an enormous structure It is one of the world’s chief monuments It is the Great Pyramid of Giza
