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Great Pyramid of Giza - Landmarks

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Enjoy quick and easy readings about ancient landmarks, giving you clear and simple stories about their history and easily improve your language skills!

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Great Pyramid of Giza

Read a short passage about a giant stone pyramid built long ago in Egypt.

1.1

The Great Pyramid of Giza is a very famous landmark. It is in Egypt, close to Cairo. The pyramid was built over 4,500 years ago for an Egyptian king named Pharaoh Khufu.

Giza Piramidi çok ünlü bir yapıdır. Mısır'da, Kahire'ye yakın bir konumdadır. Piramit, 4.500 yıldan daha uzun bir süre önce Firavun Khufu adlı bir Mısır kralı için inşa edilmiştir.

1.2

The pyramid is very big and tall. When people first made it, it was 146 meters high. Now, it is a bit shorter, about 139 meters, because some stones are missing. The bottom of the pyramid is very wide. It covers almost 53,000 square meters.

Piramit çok büyük ve uzundur. İnsanlar ilk yaptığında 146 metre yüksekliğindeydi. Şimdi, biraz daha kısa, yaklaşık 139 metre, çünkü bazı taşlar eksik. Piramidin tabanı çok geniştir. Neredeyse 53.000 metrekareyi kaplar.

1.3

Building the Great Pyramid was a big job. It is made from millions of heavy stones. Each stone weighs about 2,500 kilograms. People think it took about 20 years to build. The workers used simple tools, not machines like we have now.

Büyük Piramit'in inşası büyük bir işti. Milyonlarca ağır taştan yapılmıştır. Her taş yaklaşık 2,500 kilogram ağırlığındadır. İnşa edilmesinin yaklaşık 20 yıl sürdüğü düşünülüyor. İşçiler, şimdi sahip olduğumuz makineler gibi değil, basit aletler kullandılar.

Gize'nin Büyük Piramidi
1.4

Inside the pyramid, there are three main rooms. The largest room was for the king's tomb. The other rooms held things the king might need after death. There are also long hallways that connect these rooms.

Piramidin içinde üç ana oda bulunmaktadır. En büyük oda kralın mezarı içindi. Diğer odalar, kralın ölümden sonra ihtiyaç duyabileceği şeyleri barındırıyordu. Ayrıca bu odaları birbirine bağlayan uzun koridorlar da vardır.

1.5

Many people visit the Great Pyramid every year. It is very old but still looks good. It is special because it is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still standing.

Her yıl birçok insan Büyük Piramit'i ziyaret ediyor. Çok eski ama hala iyi görünüyor. Özeldir çünkü Antik Dünyanın Yedi Harikası'ndan hala ayakta duran tek şeydir.

1.6

People keep studying the pyramid. They use new technology to find out how it was built and what is inside. They discover new things about it often.

İnsanlar piramidi incelemeye devam ediyor. Nasıl inşa edildiğini ve içinde ne olduğunu öğrenmek için yeni teknolojiler kullanıyorlar. Hakkında sık sık yeni şeyler keşfediyorlar.

1.7

Fun fact : The Great Pyramid was the tallest building in the world for more than 3,800 years. No other building was taller until the 1800s.

İlginç gerçek: Büyük Piramit, 3.800 yıldan fazla bir süre boyunca dünyanın en yüksek binasıydı. 1800'lere kadar başka hiçbir bina daha yüksek değildi.

1. Great Pyramid of Giza

1. Great Pyramid of Giza

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Quiz
1.

Where is the Great Pyramid of Giza located?

A

China

B

Egypt

C

India

D

Greece

2.

How tall was the Great Pyramid when it was first built?

A

139 meters

B

146 meters

C

120 meters

D

150 meters

3.

Put these facts in the correct order based on the text.

it was built over 4,500 years ago.
people think it took about 20 years to build.
the pyramid was built for pharaoh khufu.
the pyramid is now shorter than it was originally.
4.

Match the items in Column A with the correct description in Column B.

The Great Pyramid
The bottom of the pyramid
The stones
The workers
The tallest building for 3,800 years
Used simple tools to build the pyramid
53,000 square meters
2,500 kilograms each
5.

Fill in the blanks with the correct words (three options are extra.)

The Great Pyramid was built for

. It is

meters tall now. The pyramid was built from

stones.

Pharaoh Khufu
146
heavy
Pharaoh Tutankhamun
146
wooden
6.

Read the statements and check if they are true or false.

StatementTrue/False

The Great Pyramid is the tallest building in the world today.

The pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu.

The pyramid has only one room inside.

It took about 20 years to build the pyramid.

False
True
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