Pyramid of Khufu the Great Pyramid

Pyramid of Khufu the Great Pyramid

Great Pyramid or the Pyramid of Cheops is more the effects of the controversial world and imagination, and the only one of the Seven Wonders of the rest to nowThe construction of the pyramid of King Cheops a major cultural shift in the history of ancient Egypt

Hierarchical group elements

 Pyramid - perimeter fence - mortuary temple - Pyramids side - sun boats - Workshop - ramp - Valley Temple - hierarchical City - the palace - the port - Endowments - the mouth of the lake - group of workers

Workshop

 Located next to the pyramid, and it was the Egyptians name and played anywhere cleansing, and divided into parts, part of the embalming King, and part of the preparation of offerings, and the largest parts was intended for the manufacture of statues, pottery and tools that had borne the priests daily inside the mortuary temple and the valley temple to perform religious rituals


.Ramp
 Astkerk building ramp about 10 years and was decorated views different to the king is defeated enemies and making offerings and gifts and Maguire that's where the length of the road rising to 700 meters from the entrance to the temple and the road veers angle 32 and lasts until just 125 meters to reach the entrance to the valley temple.

Geometric structure of the pyramid of Khufu

Square base of the Great Pyramid and the difference between the long and short sides relatively about 19 centimeters while the length of each side of the side of the box originally 230 meters, and this huge box flat and vertical height of 146.7 meters, was built from 2.3 million stone weighing an average of 2, 5 metric tons, including one stone weighs 15 metric tons. And built by 25 thousand workers not including Abdul one, and the choice of engineers for its location above the rock remains forever.

 The Great Pyramid of interior corridors lead to many of the most important rooms burial chamber of King Khufu, and in these closets priests left his collection which will use it after life, although Gorges Dam after the burial but the robbers looted graves valuable cemetery Mahtobat.

 The entrance to the pyramid height of her time on the ground level 17 meters, with the corridor leading from it leads to a cemetery burial at a depth of 18 meters, and this was the descending passage intersects with an upward path.

 Currently closed with stones of granite, and this corridor length 39 meters and lead to a room was believed to be the queen, but said it includes a statue of the king represents his soul (Ka), and this corridor upper passes through portico huge length 47 m and a height of 8.5 meters and this was they inform large stone bridge lanes after the burial of the king, and in the west wall saluting join the large lobby corridor upper slot tunnel leads down to reach the rock under the base of the pyramid where the King's Chamber and ventilation for workers who sculpt in the property room.

 In the end, the upper of the portico big no corridor heading to the South within the king's chamber, where chamber square simple lined granite red and has remnants of a coffin Cheops granite which was buried by near the western wall of the pyramid, and near the center of walls the northern and southern no slots-meter to pass up inside the pyramid and open to outside and did not know their purpose, and such openings exist the Queen and reach room aisles length of 65 meters, but blocked

Photos of the Pyramid of Cheops