Ben Howson
The worlds first skyscrapers were the ancient Eygiptian pyramids. They weren't really the skyscrapers that we have today, but they were extreamy tall, and made out of massive stones that together in one pyramid weighed about 850,000 tons. These pyramids stand arould 200 feet in the air, which is pretty good saying that they were made hundreds of years ago. Today we have skyscrapers that stand about 2,000 feet in the air, and we are still making them taller. The whole point of the pyramids, was to burry important people, such as the pharaohs and others who are near the top of the important pyramid. So pretty much a pyramid is a huge 200 foot tall grave, for one person, treasure, slaves, and other things like pets that were killed, so that they could help the pharaohs in the after life. Most of the pyramid is filled with traps and other things that could kill you if you try and take gold from the toom. They Egyptians had there own way to burry the dead. They pretty much rip out the guys heart, and the rest of his intestens and organs. Then they rap up every thing, and throw it back into the body, and then in to a stone sarcophagus. They do this, because they wanted to presurve the dead body, so they mummified the dead bodys. They did this, because they wanted them to go to the after life. I think that there are many modern equivalents to the ancient pyramids.
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