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The Pyramids of Giza
The Pyramids of Egypt were built during 2700-2500 B.C
in Giza on the west bank of the Nile and are the most ancient of the Wonders of
the World. The first three of the ten pyramids at Giza are considered to be the
most important. The first pyramid is the largest and is known as the Great
Pyramid. It was built for Pharaoh Khufu, also known as Cheops, and is 450 feet
high.
Some believe that the Cheops Pyramid was built by
slaves but this is not true. One hundred thousand people worked on it for three
months of each year. This was the time of the Nile's annual flood which made it
impossible to farm the land and most of the population was unemployed. He
provided good food and clothing for his workers and was kindly remembered in
folk tales for many centuries.
There are three great pyramids at Giza, each of which
once had an adjoining mortuary temple. The 'great' pyramid itself is truly an astonishing
work of engineering skill - for over four thousands years, until the modern
era, it was the tallest building in the world. The sides are oriented to the four cardinal points of
the compass. Limestone blocks weigh on average 2.5 tons each. But
some weigh as much as 16 tons. The Cheops Pyramid was constructed using around
2,300,000 limestone blocks.
