GIZA
PYRAMID – GEOGRAPHY
News:
Giza pyramid restoration
What's
in the news?
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Recently, Archaeologists have launched a
huge project to restore the smallest of Giza's three famous pyramids to what
they believe it looked like when it was built more than 4,000 years ago.
Giza
Pyramid:
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The Great Pyramid of Giza, also called
Great Pyramid and Great Pyramid of
Khufu, is an ancient Egyptian pyramid that is the largest of the three
Pyramids of Giza.
Location:
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It is located on the Giza plateau on the west bank of the Nile River near the modern
city of Cairo in Egypt.
Built by:
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It was built by Khufu (Cheops), the second king of Egypt’s 4th dynasty (c. 2575–c.
2465 BCE) and was completed about 2560
BCE.
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The pyramid was first excavated using
modern techniques and scientific analysis in 1880 by Sir William Matthew
Flinders Petrie (l.1853-1942), the British archaeologist.
Features:
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It is the largest Egyptian pyramid which rises to a height of 479 feet (146
metres) with a base of 754 feet (230 metres) and comprises over two million
blocks of stone.
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The pyramid’s sides rise at an angle of
51.87° and are accurately oriented to the four cardinal points of the compass.
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The Great Pyramid’s core is made of yellowish limestone blocks, and the
inner passages are of finer light-coloured limestone.
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The interior burial chamber is built of
huge blocks of granite.