Egypt is famous for its three pyramids built since many eras, characterized by its stability and strength of construction and its ability to withstand the difficult environmental and climatic conditions that have passed through the ages.
And the largest of these pyramids is the pyramid of Khufu followed by the pyramid of Khafre and the smaller pyramid is Mnqraa. Each pyramid was named after the Pharaonic king who was buried there.
The reason for the construction of the pyramids
The ancient Egyptians (the Pharaohs) believed in the resurrection after death, and the return of the spirit of the dead to his body after his
The Pyramid of Cheops is the first of these pyramids and attributed to King Khufu's second king of the Fourth Dynasty,
Came to power after the death of his father (Bent), was built by Engineer Ham Ono on an area of 13
Acre, and pyramid two entrances in the north and Pyramid still retains part of كسائه in at the top
Original height was 146 m and the current rise is 137 m and the length of each of the aspects of 230 m,
And the angle of inclination of about 50 - 51 degrees.
Pyramid built of limestone, the same as the original stone of the place, while the inner corridor and room
Burial Supreme - containing the sarcophagus - Benita of red granite outer face of
Limestone base of the pyramid square-shaped length of each side in the original 230 m.
The pyramid was built in a way the air pressure, the number of stones used in the construction of approximately 2.3000.00
Stone block, the average weight of both of them between 2.5 to 15 tons, has been building the pyramid took
Twenty years.
There in the original design of the pyramid group that consists of: the valley temple, boarding pier,
Which is received funerary temple in the east of the pyramid, and finally the pyramidal shape of the cemetery. At the east of the pyramid
Found three pyramids Sfirh for the king's wives, the entrance is located in the north at an altitude of about 20 meters
Ground level. Contains on the surface leads to a vestibule leads to the underground room, unfinished. Pier
Climb a length of 38 meters and a height of one meter, leading to a corridor stretching 35 meters at an altitude of 1.75
M climb to the second chamber in the pyramid.
The second room made of limestone dimensions of 5.20 m × 5.70 m, 15 m higher altitude
Point of the surface, on the east wall of the room lead to the slot restricted corridor and communicate with
Room burial Supreme Bdehles in the beginning of the cross-aisle There porch measuring 47 m in
Length, 8.50 m in height with the roof is included. In the middle there is a vestibule low 60 cm,
Limbs above the level of the land. This corridor connects to the burial chamber, 8.40 m long corridor
burial enjoy his eternal life after his death.
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