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Rising from the desert sands near Cairo, the pyramids of Egypt have fascinatedfascinate (verb)Strongly attracted the interest and attention of someone.≈ Synonym: captivated🇺🇿UZ: maftun etgan🇷🇺RU: очаровывали people for thousands of years. The most famous of these structuresstructure (noun)Large built objects, such as buildings or monuments.≈ Synonym: buildings🇺🇿UZ: inshootlar🇷🇺RU: сооружения, the Great Pyramid of Giza, was built around 2560 BCE as a tombtomb (noun)A place, often underground, where a dead body is buried.≈ Synonym: burial place🇺🇿UZ: maqbara🇷🇺RU: гробница for the pharaohpharaoh (noun)A ruler of ancient Egypt.≈ Synonym: Egyptian king🇺🇿UZ: fir'avn🇷🇺RU: фараон Khufu. It remained the tallest man-made structureman-made structure (noun)A large building or construction made by people, not nature.≈ Synonym: human-built structure🇺🇿UZ: inson qurgan inshoot🇷🇺RU: рукотворное сооружение in the world for nearly 3,800 years, an achievementachievement (noun)Something impressive accomplished through effort and skill.≈ Synonym: accomplishment🇺🇿UZ: yutuq🇷🇺RU: достижение that still amazes engineers today.
The ancient Egyptians built pyramids as monumentalmonumental (adj)Extremely large and impressive.≈ Synonym: massive🇺🇿UZ: ulkan, monumental🇷🇺RU: монументальный tombs for their pharaohs, who were believed to become gods after death. The Egyptians thought that a pharaoh needed a grand resting place filled with treasurestreasure (noun)Valuable objects, such as gold, jewels, or precious items.≈ Synonym: riches🇺🇿UZ: xazinalar🇷🇺RU: сокровища, food, and belongingsbelonging (noun)Personal items that a person owns.≈ Synonym: possessions🇺🇿UZ: shaxsiy buyumlar🇷🇺RU: личные вещи to use in the afterlifeafterlife (noun)Life believed to continue after death.≈ Synonym: life after death🇺🇿UZ: oxirat, keyingi hayot🇷🇺RU: загробная жизнь. Building such an enormous structure was also a way to show the power and wealth of the ruler.
Constructing a pyramid required enormous resourcesresource (noun)Materials, money, or workers available to complete a task.≈ Synonym: materials🇺🇿UZ: resurslar🇷🇺RU: ресурсы and careful planning. Historians estimateestimate (verb)To calculate an approximate value or amount.≈ Synonym: calculate roughly🇺🇿UZ: taxmin qilmoq🇷🇺RU: оценивать (приблизительно) that tens of thousands of workers, including skilled laborerslaborer (noun)People who do hard physical work, often for pay.≈ Synonym: workers🇺🇿UZ: ishchilar🇷🇺RU: рабочие and craftsmencraftsman (noun)Skilled workers who make things by hand.≈ Synonym: artisans🇺🇿UZ: hunarmandlar🇷🇺RU: ремесленники, worked for years to quarryquarry (verb)To dig or cut stone out of the ground.≈ Synonym: extract stone🇺🇿UZ: tosh qazib olmoq🇷🇺RU: добывать (камень), transport, and stack massive limestone blockslimestone block (noun)Large square-cut pieces of a common type of pale rock used in building.≈ Synonym: stone blocks🇺🇿UZ: ohaktosh bloklari🇷🇺RU: известняковые блоки. Contrary tocontrary toOpposite to or different from something.≈ Synonym: opposite to🇺🇿UZ: -ga zid ravishda🇷🇺RU: вопреки old mythsmyth (noun)Traditional stories, often untrue, that are widely believed.≈ Synonym: legends🇺🇿UZ: afsonalar🇷🇺RU: мифы, most evidence suggests these workers were paid laborers rather than slavesslave (noun)People who are owned by others and forced to work without pay or freedom.≈ Synonym: forced laborers🇺🇿UZ: qullar🇷🇺RU: рабы, and they were provided with food, housinghousing (noun)Buildings or places provided for people to live in.≈ Synonym: accommodation🇺🇿UZ: turar joy🇷🇺RU: жильё, and medical caremedical care (noun)Treatment and help given to people who are sick or injured.≈ Synonym: healthcare🇺🇿UZ: tibbiy yordam🇷🇺RU: медицинская помощь.
Despite decades of research, many mysteriesmystery (noun)Things that are difficult or impossible to explain or understand.≈ Synonym: puzzles🇺🇿UZ: sirlar🇷🇺RU: тайны about the pyramids remain unsolvedunsolved (adj)Not yet explained or figured out.≈ Synonym: unresolved🇺🇿UZ: hal qilinmagan🇷🇺RU: нераскрытый. Experts still debate exactly how the ancient Egyptians moved and lifted such heavy blocks without modern machinerymachinery (noun)Machines, especially large ones used for heavy work.≈ Synonym: equipment🇺🇿UZ: texnika, mashinalar🇷🇺RU: техника, машины. Some theories suggest rampsramp (noun)Sloped surfaces used to move things from a lower to a higher level.≈ Synonym: sloped platforms🇺🇿UZ: qiyaliklar🇷🇺RU: пандусы, наклонные плоскости, sledgessledge (noun)Flat vehicles without wheels used to move heavy loads, often pulled over sand or snow.≈ Synonym: sleds🇺🇿UZ: chana🇷🇺RU: сани, волокуши, or leverslever (noun)Bars used to lift or move heavy objects by applying force at one end.≈ Synonym: bars🇺🇿UZ: richaglar🇷🇺RU: рычаги were used, but no single explanation has been fully proven, leaving room for ongoing scientific investigation.
The pyramids continue to draw millions of visitors and researchers from around the world. New technology, such as scanning and satellite imagingsatellite imaging (noun)The use of pictures taken from satellites in space to study the Earth's surface.≈ Synonym: satellite photography🇺🇿UZ: sputnik tasvirlari🇷🇺RU: спутниковая съёмка, keeps revealing hidden chamberschamber (noun)Enclosed rooms or spaces, especially inside a large structure.≈ Synonym: rooms🇺🇿UZ: xonalar🇷🇺RU: камеры, помещения and unknown details about how these ancient monuments were constructed. The Great Pyramid stands as a lasting symbol of human ambitionambition (noun)A strong desire to achieve something great.≈ Synonym: aspiration🇺🇿UZ: ambitsiya, orzu🇷🇺RU: амбиция, стремление, skill, and the mysteries that history still holds.