Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ...
By his accounts, the labor force that built Khufu totalled more than 100,000 people. But Herodotus visited the pyramids 2,700 years after they were built and his impressive figure was an educated ...
Along with the enigmatic Sphinx and other smaller tombs and monuments, Giza has three principal pyramids: Khufu (originally 481 feet high, and sometimes called Cheops, or the Great Pyramid ...
And you have this lady, the daughter of Khufu. And this man was the vizier of the king. This one was the inspector of the pyramids, the chief inspector of the pyramids, the wife of the pyramid ...
Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says a scanning project in the Giza pyramids has identified thermal anomalies, including one in the largest pyramid, built by Cheops, known locally as Khufu.
The Great Pyramid of Khufu is made up from over 200 layers of horizontal limestone blocks, and the area of each layer is slightly less than the one below. The Egyptians had to be very precise when ...
He also mapped the unusual cave-like indentation on the side of Khufu, the largest pyramid, and made a model ... density and create a blueprint of its interior. Kawae compares his detailed ...
The Great Pyramid of Khufu is 147m from the ground to the top and each side of the base is 230m long. The Egyptians positioned the sides of the pyramid facing north, south, east and west.
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities recently relocated the 4,600-year-old Solar Boat of King Khufu from its site near the Great Pyramid of Giza to the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).