世界上最美麗的十個地方（七）埃及金字塔

　　The Pyramids, Egypt

　　The Egyptian pyramids are massive monuments with a square base and four triangular sides rising up to a point. There was a lot of curiosity associated with the pyramids as to their formation, whether it was natural.

　　埃及 金字塔

　　埃及金字塔是巨大的歷史遺跡，這是以正方形的為基底、四面成三角形不斷上升直到匯聚到一點。關于其構造，一直有引起人民的好奇，甚至懷疑是自然之作。

　　However, the Egyptians started constructing them after 2700 B.C. and were built as tombs for the Pharaohs. The most well-known and the largest pyramids of Egypt are the Pyramids at Giza which are said to be the largest ever built, and the Great Pyramid at Giza took 23 years to complete for about a work force of 30,000. About 118 pyramids have been identified and are very popular with people from all over the world.

　　但事實是，埃及人在公元前2700之后就開始建造金字塔作為法老的陵寢。最著名與最大的埃及金字塔是吉薩金字塔。據說，這是有史以來最大的。吉薩的金字塔花了23年、動用30000人才完成。大約有118個金字塔以被確認，這些金字塔受到全世界人民中非常受歡迎。