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The Egyptians excelled in art and architecture Illustrate.
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- Numerous sculptures, paintings and carvings attest to the artistic skills of Egyptians.
- The pyramids are massive monuments built as tombs of mourning to the Pharaohs.
- The great pyramids near Cairo are known as the Giza Pyramids.
- Pyramids are considered to be one of the wonders of the world.
- These monuments display the-engineering, architectural and human resource management skills of the Egyptians.
- The Great Sphinx of Giza is a massive limestone image of a lion with a human head.
- It is one of the largest sculptures of the world.
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