The age of pyramid building in Egypt (1) began about 2900 B.C.

The Great pyramids (2) are intended

to serve as burial places for the Pharaohs, as the kings of Egypt(3) are called. Construction on the largest
pyramid (4) was started around 2800 B.C for Khufu, the King of the Fourth Dynasty, or Cheops, as he(5)
is referred to by Greek historians. It (6) is 482 feet high and 755 feet long. The Pyramids as a group
(7)comprises one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The other Six Wonders no longer(8)
stand, and modern archaelogists (9)know of them only through the descriptions that (10)were written
at the time they still (11) existed.