Pyramids Project
Sand Pyramid
Check out how easy it is to build a pyramid for yourself next time you go to the beach, or a playground with a sandbox. Get the sand a little damp (not too wet) and try packing it into the shape of a pyramid. Do you at first get a step pyramid or a bent pyramid, as the Egyptians did?
Keep trying! Can you get your sand into a nice straight pyramid after some practice? Why or why not?
Main pyramids page
To find out more about Egyptian pyramids, check out these books from Amazon.com or at your library:
Pyramid, by David Macaulay (1982). His architectural drawings are great, and his explanations are simple and clear. For kids.
Eyewitness: Pyramid, by James Putnam (2000). For kids. Good photographs.
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt (Yale University Press Pelican History of Art), by William Stevenson Smith and William Kelly Simpson (revised edition 1999). Standard college textbook.
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