Daily #9

There are so many human-made artifacts in the world that are over 2,000 years old. Some are more important than others, but this depends on what type of person you ask.  All over the world artifacts were created to reflect their specific cultures and they helped future civilizations make their own artifacts. Something that made past artifacts stand out was probably their size because people seem to remember things that were big and large. That characteristic also applies to me because I like large things because they impress me a lot and they show me how much work people must have put into it just to finish it. Many of the large artifacts of history have become famous but this is not saying that much smaller artifacts have gained recognition throughout time. If humans put a lot of time and work into building such important artifacts, those artifacts must be recognized for all the hard work put into building them and that is why they are so famous now.

Since I like things large, I would say the most important artifact to me is the Great Pyramid of Giza.  This enormous pyramid is one of the oldest pyramids ever built, and was the tallest man-made structure for over 3,800 years. It was probably finished around 2560 B.C. and it took over 15 years to build. The main theory to why it was built is it was a tomb for Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu. To build this, the Egyptians would have to work long hours every day for about 20 years so I am personally amazed on how this was accomplished.  It is also amazing how they built this structure almost with perfection because there were few errors and the four sides are perfectly aligned to represent the ideal pyramid.  This artifact is important to me because it paved the way for future structure to be built and it guided the construction of large structures to be built in the future. Also, I think an artifact should be noticed if so much planning and effort was put into it and I respect people who pretty much spend most of their lives building one enormous pyramid.  I think if this pyramid was not built, then no structures with that size and weight would exist today because something had to lay the foundation and the Great Pyramid did.