The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Giza pyramid is the oldest of
the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
and it one of the biggest human structures, it also the oldest and largest of
the three other pyramid. It was built without any technology and it could
survive all of this years. It is believed that the pyramid was built to be a
tomb for the fourth dynasty Egyptian
pharaoh Khufu,
it also believed that he is the one who order to build it to be his palace and
tomb after he die, and it took nearly 20 years of hard work to been build. It
built in 2560 BCE in Egypt located in the northern edge of the Giza Plateau,
about 10 miles west of Cairo. The scientist are still unsure of how much does
it cost to been build, considering the fact of nobody knows the salary of the
workers or how much does it cost to build the stone cubes. More of the Giza
pyramid is still existence and more people travel to Egypt just to see it.
There are many theories about how the pyramids were built. One of the strangest theories was that the aliens built the pyramids, but the researchers have proved that the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The great pyramid is made of limestone; white casing stons and granite were used to line the chambers inside. About 2.3 million limestone blocks were used to build the pyramid most of which were quarried locally. Most of the white casing stones have now disappeared. It was used to build Cairo. The tools that they used were made by them; they were using a stone attached to a piece of wood as a hammer and to make other shapes and do the same to help them. The limestone was the type of material that they needed and it was located close to the pyramid site. Granite was also used; that came from Aswan 400 miles upriver. The limestone used for the outer casing came from Tura located on the east bank of the Nile. Most of the Tura limestone has now disappeared and limestone core blocks are now visible. They used lanterns, made out of papyrus; boats were put on the top of blocks and tided up with ropes. These transport boats were waiting for raising water of the Nile and they could be easily towed to a chosen destination. The simplest way was to haul them to the west side of the Nile where water flooded the fields. Here they were left in the mud to be transported on the land after the flood was over, and this is how they used to transport the material. In the past they used to have different types of workers there were the engineers and the labores and more of the designers; the designers are unknown to this day. They were ahead of us in construction back then. The labor force was made of the ancient Egyptian people and slaves.
The Pharaohs had their own way of
thinking and beliefs. They believed in an afterlife, and how they were going to
live after they died; that is why they buried all the gold and treasure with
the pharaohs. The ancient Egyptians were a civilization ruled by pharaohs; they
believed that pharaohs were half humans and half gods. The pharaohs and priests
were the only ones who could enter the temples. Ancient Egyptians had to ask
the pharaoh to speak to the gods for them. This made the pharaoh very powerful
in ancient Egyptians’ minds. They also believed that pharaohs’ souls were eternal
and they would live afterlife as a god and to protect them from evil they used
to put cobra heads on them. There were many different pharaohs, some were men and
some were women and they ruled ancient Egypt for thousands of years.There are many theories about how the pyramids were built. One of the strangest theories was that the aliens built the pyramids, but the researchers have proved that the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The great pyramid is made of limestone; white casing stons and granite were used to line the chambers inside. About 2.3 million limestone blocks were used to build the pyramid most of which were quarried locally. Most of the white casing stones have now disappeared. It was used to build Cairo. The tools that they used were made by them; they were using a stone attached to a piece of wood as a hammer and to make other shapes and do the same to help them. The limestone was the type of material that they needed and it was located close to the pyramid site. Granite was also used; that came from Aswan 400 miles upriver. The limestone used for the outer casing came from Tura located on the east bank of the Nile. Most of the Tura limestone has now disappeared and limestone core blocks are now visible. They used lanterns, made out of papyrus; boats were put on the top of blocks and tided up with ropes. These transport boats were waiting for raising water of the Nile and they could be easily towed to a chosen destination. The simplest way was to haul them to the west side of the Nile where water flooded the fields. Here they were left in the mud to be transported on the land after the flood was over, and this is how they used to transport the material. In the past they used to have different types of workers there were the engineers and the labores and more of the designers; the designers are unknown to this day. They were ahead of us in construction back then. The labor force was made of the ancient Egyptian people and slaves.
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