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1、EyeWonderLONDON,NEWYORK,MUNICH,ContentsMELBOURNE,andDELHI4-5Whatisapyramid?6-7Thefirstpyramid8-9WrittenandeditedbyCarolineBinghamDesignedbyJanetAllisTruepyramidsPublishingmanagerSusanLeonard10-11ManagingarteditorClareSheddenJacketdesignChrisDrewBigandboldPictureresearchersSarahPowna
2、ll,JodeGrayProductionShivaniPandey12-13DTPDesignerAlmudenaDíazTheGreatPyramidConsultantJohnMalam14-15FirstpublishedinGreatBritainin2004byDorlingKindersleyLimitedAlookinside80Strand,LondonWC2R0RL2468109753116-17APenguinCompanyHowwasitbuilt?Copyright©2004DorlingKindersleyLimited,Londo
3、n18-19ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.Whobuiltthepyramids?Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmittedin20-21anyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,orotherwise,withouttheprior
4、Untoldtreasureswrittenpermissionofthecopyrightowner.ISBN1-4053-0376-X22-23ColourreproductionbyColourscan,SingaporeMummymysteriesPrintedandboundinItalybyL.E.G.O.24-25Mummyrevealedseeourcompletecatalogueat26-27www.dk.comLionorman?28-29Awateryhighway30-31AtriptotheSudan32-33AtriptoJava
5、34-35AtriptoIndia36-37Builtforsacrifice38-39Jungleruins40-41TheAztecs42-43Weirdandwonderful44-45Modernpyramids46Glossary48IndexandacknowledgementsWhatisapyramid?Pyramidsaremysteriousbuildingsandmanyareincrediblyold.Weknowthattheworld’soldestpyramids,inEgypt,wereusedastombsforEgyptia
6、npharaohs,orkings.Inothercountries,pyramidshavebeenusedforreligiousworship.However,pyramidsstillhidemanysecrets.ThissculptureshowstheancientEgyptianpharaohMenkaure.Itgivesusasenseofhispowerandauthority.FranceNevada,USALouvrePyramidPyramidRockEgyptMexicoGizapyramidsAztecTempleMexicoI
7、ndiaofTenochtitlanChichenItzaSudanBrihadisvaraTempleWherearethey?PyramidsatMeroeJavaSomecountrieshaveBorobodurTemplehundredsofpyramids,othershavenone.Thismapshowsthelocationofsomeofthemajorpyramidsmentionedinthisbook.ManyHindutempleshaveapyramidshape.FindapyramidApyramidhasfourtrian
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