世界上最美丽的十个地方（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历史遗迹，这是以正方形的为基底、四面成三角形不断上升直到汇聚到一点。关于其构造，一直有引起人民的好奇，甚至怀疑是自然之作。

　　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.

　　但事实是，埃及人在公元前2700之后就开始建造金字塔作为法老的陵寝。最著名与最大的埃及金字塔是吉萨金字塔。据说，这是有史以来最大的。吉萨的金字塔花了23年、动用30000人才完成。大约有118个金字塔以被确认，这些金字塔受到全世界人民中非常受欢迎。