On average, the over two million blocks of stone used to build Khufu's pyramid weigh 2.5 tons, and the heaviest blocks, used as the ceiling of Khufu's burial chamber, weigh in at an estimated nine ...

Egypt's Khufu pyramid has a strange structure located 'five miles due south' which is sparking theories online ...

A British tourist has slammed the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the seven wonders of the world as "one of the worst places on ...

Claims that a vast underground city has been discovered beneath the Giza Pyramids have sparked controversy and rejection among Egyptologists, reports Nevine El-Aref ...

A number of theories now exist as to the purpose of the space, with some suggesting it was a secret burial chamber for the pharaoh Khufu, who ordered the pyramid to be built. When the pyramids ...

Khafre's Pyramid is second to his father Khufu's Pyramid in size ... The temple was one element within the pharaoh's vast funerary complex, which included, besides the Pyramid, a lengthy causeway ...

Khufu (originally 481 feet high, and sometimes called Cheops, or the Great Pyramid); Khafre (471 feet); and Menkaure (213 feet). Emerging out of the complex dynastic needs of Egypt’s 4th dynasty ...

Indeed, Egyptians built canals so that heavy stone quarried elsewhere could be easily transported to pyramid building sites. A complex of main and satellite pyramids Pyramids could be part of a ...