Great Pyramid of Giza
It is the Great Pyramid of Khufu, at Giza,
Egypt.
The pyramid has three burial chambers. The first is underground,
carved into bedrock. The second, aboveground
chamber was called the queen's chamber by early explorers. We now
know it was never intended to house one of Khufu's wives but
perhaps a sacred statue of the king himself. The third is the
king's chamber, which held a red granite sarcophagus placed almost
exactly at the center of the pyramid.
For Egypt The pharaoh was not just a king, but a living god who linked their
lives with those of the immortals. The pyramid, as an eternal
tomb for the pharaoh's body, may have offered the people reassurance
of his continuing influence with the gods.
Khufu’s pyramid is perhaps the most colossal single building ever
erected on the planet. Its sides rise at an angle of 51°52′ and are
accurately oriented to the four cardinal points of the compass.
The entrance to the Great Pyramid is on the north side, about 59 feet
(18 metres) above ground level. A sloping corridor descends from it
through the pyramid’s interior masonry, penetrates the rocky soil on
which the structure rests, and ends in an unfinished underground
chamber.
It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Its simple mud-brick domes to more-elaborate stone monuments.
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