The Pyramids of Giza

The Pyramids of Giza The most famous are built the Egyptian pyramids are the great pyramids of Giza, located near today's Cairo. There are over 100 Egyptian pyramids of various sizes, and over 50 more in neighboring Sudan. However, the three great pyramids of Giza ea their fame by providing the largest these.In more photos of the pyramids of Giza, as shown below, the middle pyramid, that of Khafre (Chephren), appears due to the larger angle and because the ground is higher. The largest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), the left. The Great Pyramid on KhufuContrary to popular belief, not all the great pyramids of Giza as part of the seven wonders of the world. Only the largest, the Great Pyramid of Khufu, is a member, and is the only one of the seven wonders that still stands. Egypt was also home to one of the seven wonders of the world, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was destroyed long ago.The pyramid of Khufu has a height of 145 m (475 ft) and a surface of 52,400 sqm (562,500 sqf) . The area is large enough for more than 20 Olympic swimming pools! And for thousands of years, to the place of skyscrapers today, the pyramid was the highest building in the pyramid world.What architectural triumph and one of the seven wonders of the world, is the fact that the stones used in building all events more than 2 tons. And there are more than 2 million passengers rocks.Greek ancient Giza wrote that he had hundreds of thousands of slaves 20 years to build the pyramids. However, since they visited Egypt more than 2 thousand years after the Egyptian pyramids were built, the truth about their accounts are suspect. Mode engineers estimate that there are probably fewer people and less time to build the pyramid using technology that has been in this time.Treasures the PharaohThe Pyramid of Khufu was the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) in the 4th Dynasty around 2560 BC, so that there is more than 4500 years! It 'widely accepted that the pyramid was built to bury Pharaoh Khufu, where he died. But many other conspiracy theories, why the pyramids were built, from astronomical observatories to alien artifacts.Since Egyptian pharaohs were buried with their great treasure, Arab conquerors attempted to enter the pyramids of Khufu, in order to find it.They prey, some narrow passages that led both to the middle of the pyramid, and under the mole. However, all can be found at the end of these passages were empty rooms. N. mummies or treasure was pyramid.During Arabs' excavation of the pyramid of Khufu, in various blocks and slabs, to seal the passage and chambers in the pyramid. They also have hidden doors. This is probably the driving force behind the many myths about the Egyptian pyramids to Booby-trapped, and where a grave robber who managed to not alive.A British 17th Century to find another tree that connects the songs, but still was not to be treasure found.Two conclusions can be derived. An old tomb hunters have long been plundered all the treasures of the pile, leaving nothing but a few empty rooms. Or two, Khufu and his mother is cleverly hidden treasure within (or below) the Great Pyramid.For More information about the Pyramids, visit the Author Steven Who is the information site of the ancient wonders of Egypt. You go where you want to know more about the wonders of Egypt as the Pyramids and the Lighthouse, or as mummifcation mysteries and conspiracy theories, or their religion and history.