Great Pyramid of Giza

Also known as Khufu’s Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu, this pyramid is the largest of the three pyramids of Giza, an area which now lies just outside Cairo, in Egypt. It’s also the last surviving of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is believed, and substantial evidence suggests, that the pyramid was built as the tomb for the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian King Khufu, –whose name is “Cheops” in Greek, which is why the Great Pyramid is also sometimes called The Pyramid of Cheops, –much less attractive in my opinion. The pyramid was not only a tomb for King Khufu, but also for his wife.

The size, of and number of known rooms in the pyramid make its construction, and its massive scale seem both miraculous, and ridiculous. If the three known rooms are the only rooms in the entire massive structure, then the construction of such a architectural wonder was an idea that must have bordered on the brink of lunacy. The pyramid survived as being the tallest man made structure in the entire world, for almost four thousand years. And yet it contains three rooms, which are tiny in comparison to its enormity. The first room is below the actual pyramid, and located several feet underground.

The first room was left unfinished, because it is believed, that perhaps the king changed his mind, and wanted to be buried higher up inside the pyramid, or closer to his wife. And so the second room is around the center of the pyramid structure, above that of the king’s wife, who is buried in the third chamber, at the end of a much smaller route. The king’s chamber is at the end of what has been dubbed the “Great Hall”, because its size is almost to the scale of the chambers of the king and queen, in height, and width.