Why are the pyramids of Giza important?
if the pyramids disappeared today the only thing that would be really affected are archeologist and the tourist industry. The great pyramid was for a tomb for pharoah Khufu, or Cheops, one was for Khufu’s son and the other for another Pharaoh. The word Pyramid derives from a Greek word, Pyramis, which means wheat cake as the structures reminded the Greeks of a pointy topped wheat cake. The Egyptians called the structures “Mer”. The shape represented the suns rays and the sun was the god “Ra”. The sides were sloped so the Pharoah could climb to heaven and live forever. The significance for the modern world is simply history. as an addendum, the pyramid represented the very first land to appear.
