Pyramid In Giza
Gizalan Pyramids of Giza necropolis on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, has three pyramids: Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus. These pyramids are the most famous of over a hundred that are in Egyptian territory and another fifty who are in neighbouring Sudan.
Cheops or Great Pyramid of Giza
This is the largest of the pyramids, which served as a tomb for Pharaoh Khufu, also known by its Greek name, Cheops. It measured 146 meters in its heyday, with a mean of 230 meters per side. Is estimated to be completed in the year 2570 BC, and was the tallest building in the world until the nineteenth century.
It is the only survivor of the famous Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, cited by Antipater of Sidon in the year 125 BC; the other two pyramids in the necropolis (Chephren and Miceriono) are not included in these ancient wonders. Herodotus who visited the place in 450 BC mentioned that its construction lasted 20 years. It was built with 2,500,000 blocks weighing between 2 am and 60 tons each, was covered by 25,000 polished limestone blocks, which also weighed several tons. This coating fell off due to an earthquake happened in the early fourteenth century.
The pyramid has three main chambers, two inside, called King’s Chamber and Queen’s House, and in the subsoil, known as the House of Chaos. A camera was approached by a descending passage that led to the end with the Grand Gallery and the House of Chaos. Read the rest of this entry »