- The Great Pyramid at Giza is known to have been built around 2800 BCE, although the exact date is unknown.
- The design was drawn by Imhotep, a third dynasty architect.
- The Great Pyramid remains to be one of the largest human constructions in history.
- The Pyramid was built for the pharaoh, Khufu.
- The Pyramid takes up about 13.1 acres of land.
-The Pyramid of Khufu, the largest, contains about two million stone blocks, each weighing about seven tons each.
- The Great Pyramid was the largest building in the world until the nineteenth century.
- The Great Pyramid at Giza was built by about 100,000 slaves.
- The design for the Pyramids includes many hidden chambers and corridors which were meant to foil grave robbers.
- The sloped walls of the Pyramid mimicked the rays of Re, the sun god.
- The pyramids were originally built to serve at tombs for Egyptian pharaohs.
- The Great Pyramid at Giza remains to be the largest pyramid ever built.
- The Pyramids were built very precisely, with every corner measuring the same angle.
- The Great Pyramid at Giza was built over the course of over twenty years.
- The design was drawn by Imhotep, a third dynasty architect.
- The Great Pyramid remains to be one of the largest human constructions in history.
- The Pyramid was built for the pharaoh, Khufu.
- The Pyramid takes up about 13.1 acres of land.
-The Pyramid of Khufu, the largest, contains about two million stone blocks, each weighing about seven tons each.
- The Great Pyramid was the largest building in the world until the nineteenth century.
- The Great Pyramid at Giza was built by about 100,000 slaves.
- The design for the Pyramids includes many hidden chambers and corridors which were meant to foil grave robbers.
- The sloped walls of the Pyramid mimicked the rays of Re, the sun god.
- The pyramids were originally built to serve at tombs for Egyptian pharaohs.
- The Great Pyramid at Giza remains to be the largest pyramid ever built.
- The Pyramids were built very precisely, with every corner measuring the same angle.
- The Great Pyramid at Giza was built over the course of over twenty years.
Extract from Petrie: Diodorus Siculus states the distance of the Pyramids from the Nile with great accuracy The base of the Great Pyramid he gives as 7 plethra, or 700 Greek feet, as against 747 such feet in reality; hence he is accurate to less than half a plethron. The height, he says, is more than 6 plethra; the arris height is actually just over 7 plethra, when complete. He mentions the fine preservation of the stone, and that the original jointing was uninjured by time, showing that the fine joints attracted his attention. -Diodorus