ART AND THE RISE OF CIVILIZATION The Building And Meaning To The Great Giza Pyramids         Many hundreds of years ago the construction began on one of the seven wonders of the world. Today they are looked upon as not only a tomb for the dead, but also an artistic masterpiece inside and out.         The three great pyramids of Giza stand on the west bank of the Nile river (outside Cairo). These pyramids were build around 2600…showed first 75 words of 304 total…

…showed last 75 words of 304 total…however as large as they were, they were often broken into and looted for all of the jewels and gold that was entombed for the pharo's passage out of this world. Therefore after the great pyramids in Giza were completed, there were no more built (at least in Egypt). Instead, the bodies of the pharo's were buried in secret tombs in cliffs or in valley's where even today some of them have not been found.