Khufu
pyramid
"Cheops
pyramid" is the greatest and biggest pyramid
of the famous three Giza pyramids.
It was built 2600 B.C. by khufu king
who ordered to build this pyramid.
It represents the amazing ancient Egyptians civilization in the
field of architecture,
planning and astronomy. Khufu pyramid's height now is 137m while it was 146m when has
been
completely built. The pyramid square base side length is 227m .
It took approximately 100,000 men to build this pyramid with 2.5 million
stone blocks.
The block's weight is 2.5 up to 15 tons. Inside the pyramid
we can find the king's room in which he
planned to be buried in a granite
huge coffin.
We can see this coffin itself nowadays after all these eras
with no lid with no king body !!.
The pyramid has few rooms
and few corridors some have been discovered
and the others are waiting
with it's secrets and mystery.... |