| The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and | | | | managed to get in would never get out alive. |
| largest of the three pyramids in the Giza | | | | |
| Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt | | | | It measures 454.7 ft in height. The bas is |
| in Africa, and is the only remaining member | | | | 717.5 ft - 11 acres the date of construction |
| of the Seven Wonders of the World. The great | | | | was the 4th dynasty 2570 BC and the average |
| pyramid was created to honor the pharaoh | | | | weight of individual blocks of Stone was 2.5 |
| Khufu, and many of the smaller pyramids, | | | | tons. There is no evidence that anyone was |
| tombs, and temples were built to honor | | | | ever buried in the main chamber. It is the |
| Khufu's wives and family members. Khufu was | | | | one and only Wonder which does not require a |
| the son of King Sneferu, and Queen | | | | description by early historians and poets. It |
| Hetepheres. Khufu is remembered as a cruel | | | | is the one and only Wonder that does not need |
| and ruthless pharaoh in later folklore. Khufu | | | | speculations concerning its appearance, size, |
| had nine sons, one of whom, Djedefra, was his | | | | and shape. It is the oldest, yet it is the |
| immediate successor. The pyramids of Giza are | | | | only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders. |
| perhaps the only true rival to the Great | | | | It is the Great Pyramid of Giza. It is |
| Sphinx, when one thinks about Ancient Egypt | | | | located at the city of Giza, a necropolis of |
| and its architecture. For centuries the Great | | | | ancient Memphis, and today part of Greater |
| Pyramid was completely sealed - its secrets | | | | Cairo, Egypt. The great pyramid is believed |
| to be revealed when the time was right. In | | | | to have been built over a 20 year period. |
| the beginning of the 17th century an intrepid | | | | |
| explorer entered the pyramid to measure its | | | | When Khufu, also known as Cheops, became |
| passages and chambers. The original name | | | | pharaoh one of his first acts was to curtail |
| Khafre is the greatest of the three. | | | | the growing power of the priesthood. He "shut |
| | | | up all the temples and forbade sacrifices". |
| During the Arabs' excavation of the Pyramid | | | | As a priest's living came from performing |
| of Khufu, they encountered various boulders | | | | these rituals it is not surprising that Khufu |
| and slabs that were used to seal the passages | | | | was unpopular with the religious orders. |
| and chambers within the pyramid. They also | | | | |
| found hidden doors. This probably fueled the | | | | Man fears Time, yet Time fears the Pyramids |
| many myths about the Egyptian pyramids being | | | | Arab proverb. |
| booby-trapped, and where a grave robber who | | | | |