-The Giza Pyramids- The Giza is a group of Pyramids. The tallest pyramid, the Kuhfu, is also one of the Giza. Lying down beside it is the Sphinx, one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Giza consists of 3 pyramids: Kuhfu, Khafre, and Menkaura.
Khufu’s Pyramid took over 20 years to construct. It is built on the Giza Plateau; Khufu's builders made his pyramid almost perfectly to the north. The largest pyramid ever was built! It consists of about 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing about 2.5 to 15 tons. It is estimated that the workers would have had to set a block every two and a half minutes to finish building it in 20 years. When it was finished it was the tallest structure, with a height of 470 ft! It was the tallest structure for 3800 years.
Khafre is the second largest of the Pyramids of Giza, belonging to the pharaoh called Khafre. It is made out of limestone blocks. Some of the limestone is still left after 4500 years. The estimate weight of the stones is 4,800,000 tons! They have not found anyone buried yet----but they are working really hard to find it. Pharaoh Khafre was really brave to build his pyramid nest to his father. To give respect he made it about 23 meters shorter than his father’s (so his pyramid was 457 ft), but to make it look taller he built it on a 33 ft tall base.
The Great Sphinx is to the northeast of Chephren's Valley Temple. Where it sits was once a quarry. Chephren's workers shaped the stone like the lion and carved their king's face over 4,500 years ago. The pyramid was buried for most of its life in the sand. King Thutmose IV placed a stela between the front paws of the figure. It describes when Thutmose, while still a prince, had gone hunting and fell asleep in the shade of the sphinx. In a dream, the sphinx spoke to Thutmose and told him to clear away the sand because it was choking the sphinx. The sphinx told him that if he did this, he would be rewarded with a kingship. Thutmose carried out this request and the sphinx held up to him until the end of the deal.
Pyramids used to be 7 wonders of the world till last year, but the main attraction of these pyramids were the Giza. The fact that they have survived for the past 4500 years is shocking. The year 2008 Egypt was on top of the “MOST VISITED PLACE”. Most probably this was because of the beauty of the GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA.
The Giza is a group of Pyramids. The tallest pyramid, the Kuhfu, is also one of the Giza. Lying down beside it is the Sphinx, one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Giza consists of 3 pyramids: Kuhfu, Khafre, and Menkaura.
Khufu’s Pyramid took over 20 years to construct. It is built on the Giza Plateau; Khufu's builders made his pyramid almost perfectly to the north. The largest pyramid ever was built! It consists of about 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing about 2.5 to 15 tons. It is estimated that the workers would have had to set a block every two and a half minutes to finish building it in 20 years. When it was finished it was the tallest structure, with a height of 470 ft! It was the tallest structure for 3800 years.
Khafre is the second largest of the Pyramids of Giza, belonging to the pharaoh called Khafre. It is made out of limestone blocks. Some of the limestone is still left after 4500 years. The estimate weight of the stones is 4,800,000 tons! They have not found anyone buried yet----but they are working really hard to find it. Pharaoh Khafre was really brave to build his pyramid nest to his father. To give respect he made it about 23 meters shorter than his father’s (so his pyramid was 457 ft), but to make it look taller he built it on a 33 ft tall base.
The Great Sphinx is to the northeast of Chephren's Valley Temple. Where it sits was once a quarry. Chephren's workers shaped the stone like the lion and carved their king's face over 4,500 years ago. The pyramid was buried for most of its life in the sand. King Thutmose IV placed a stela between the front paws of the figure. It describes when Thutmose, while still a prince, had gone hunting and fell asleep in the shade of the sphinx. In a dream, the sphinx spoke to Thutmose and told him to clear away the sand because it was choking the sphinx. The sphinx told him that if he did this, he would be rewarded with a kingship. Thutmose carried out this request and the sphinx held up to him until the end of the deal.
Pyramids used to be 7 wonders of the world till last year, but the main attraction of these pyramids were the Giza. The fact that they have survived for the past 4500 years is shocking. The year 2008 Egypt was on top of the “MOST VISITED PLACE”. Most probably this was because of the beauty of the GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA.