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Cheope's Pyramid
The Pyramid of Cheope to Giza, also said Great pyramid, is the only one of the seven wonder of the world that has actually reached us, as well as the most famous pyramid of the world.

It is the greatest of the three pyramids of the necropolis of Giza, next to the Cairo in Egypt. It has been erect from Cheope (Horus Mejedu) of the IV dynasty of Ancient Egypt as funeral monument. To the inside, as is happened for a lot of other real burials of ancient Egypt already ransacked by the violators of graves in the antiquity, some burial has not been found and this has given birth to born a myriad of theories, often deprived of reality base, on the fact that the pyramids are not funeral monuments.

The attribution of the great pyramid to Cheope is deducible from the agreement of the archaeological reliefs the historical data in our possession constituted by the books of the Greek historian Erodoto.

The probable date of its completion is 2570 to.C.; it is the most ancient of the three great pyramids in the necropolis of Giza, to the outskirts of the modern Cairo, in Egypt. Few hundred southwest meters from the Pyramid of Cheope his successor's pyramid Chefren rises, that built also the Sphinx. He again few hundred southwest meters it is the pyramid of Micerino, successor of Chefren, tall around halves the two greater. The pyramid of Chefren appears taller in some photos, but only because it is built on a taller ground.

When the Pyramid of Cheope was built it was tall 146 meters, but because of the erosion its actual height is of 137 meters. Its base covers over 5 hectares of surface forming a square of around 230 meters side. For four millennia it was the tallest construction of the world, up to when around 1300 the Cathedral of Lincoln was completed, tall 160 meters. The accuracy of the job is such that the four sides of the base introduce a middle error of solos 1,52 cms in length and of 12" of angle in comparison to a perfect square. The sides of the square are almost perfectly lined up along the directions North-south and East-west. The sides of the pyramid climb to an angle of 51º 50' 35."

For the construction of the Great Pyramid they have been select stones of limestone, basalt and granite, heavy each from the 2 to the 4 tons, for a total weight that wanders around the 7 million of tons. The total volume is of around 2 million and 600 thousand metri³s. It is therefore the most voluminous pyramid in Egypt (but not of the world, since the great pyramid of Cholula, in Mexico it is greater). In the following epoch immediately to the construction, the pyramid was externally dressed again of smooth stones of limestone, you bring subsequently away to be riutilizzate in other ways. Thanks to the reflection of these stones the Great Pyramid, was also probably visible from the Moon, (the regular external coverage is still visible in the superior part of the pyramid of Chefren).

The pyramid of Cheope distinguishes him from the others for the position on the ground, but also in the great number of passages and lodgings, for the finishing touch of the inside jobs and the precision of construction.
September 18 th 2002, some archaeologists looked for, using a radio-controlled robot, to discover the run of one of these mysterious passages, but once the first plate, that the passage hindered perforated, and made to enter the microcamera, it realized us that us there isn't immediately another.

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Saqqara's Pyramid

Saqqara is a vast necropolis placed in Egypt to 30 south km of the modern city of the Cairo.

The monument of greater relief is the terraces pyramid of Djoser, considered the most ancient among the pyramids.
The necropolis of Saqqara covers an area of around 7 xes 1,5 kms.
While Menphi was the capital of the Ancient Kingdom, Saqqara was the real necropolis of it at least up to the III dynasty.
Although replaced by the real necropolis of Giza and, subsequently, from that of the Kings' Valley near Tebe, an important place of burial and cult remained for more than 3000 years up to the period Tolemaico and to the Roman occupation.
The most ancient burials of noble go up again to the The dynasty but it are alone with the II dynasty that real burials appear among which those of Hotepsekhemwy and Ninetjer.
The finds of greater interest go up again to the III dynasty however and they understand note the pyramid of Djoser.


Besides this the site entertains some other dozens of pyramids, of queens and real principles, in various states of maintenance. That of Unas, sovereign of the V dynasty, posts to south of the terraces pyramid it entertains the most ancient example of text of the pyramids series of ritual registrations that illustrates the life after the death. These decorations of the inside of the grave are the precursors of the Book of the corpses of the New Kingdom.
Saqqara also entertains a great number of graves mastaba. Having been the cemetery complex covered by the sand for almost two millennia, up to 1924, year of rediscovery, a lot of graves are preserved intact is in the external structures that in the inside decorations.
For the study of the history of Egypt it is important a painting, open in 1861, in a grave risalente to the New Kingdom, in which the cartiglis of sovereign 57 are listed from which he affirms to come down Ramesse II. Only about fifty names they are legible still. This document is often quoted as it Edges real of Saqqara.
While the most greater part of the burials go up again to the Ancient Kingdom however it is to notice the presence of the grave of Haremhab, last sovereign of the XVIII dynasty, from him realized to Saqqara before its ascent to the throne, and therefore during the kingdom of Tutankhamun, of which Haremhab was a general.
Further monument of remarkable importance is the Serapeo: a gallery of graves, cut in the rock, to preserve the bodies mummified of the bulls Bees, beloved to Menphi as personification of the god Ptah. Discovered in 1851 from August Mariette, the graves are revealed you already ransack in the antiquity except one remained inviolata for 3700 years. Some of the mummies of bulls found again to Saqqara him can now admire to the Museum of the agriculture of the Cairo.
Near the Serapeo a group of statues of epoch known tolemaica is found as the Circle of the philosophers, these include images of great poets and Greek thinkers: Esiodo, Humerus, Pindaro, Plato and others. In origin the statues it seems they were situated in a near temple.

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[Hedgehog]

Are you going to go into the big pyramid kamar...its a long way up....very narrow steps and HOT...then when you get to the top it is a room with an empty tomb
You will be HOT and sticky...then you will have to get back down...the steps are sooooooo narrow you have to try and pass the other people trying to get up...... :lol: :lol: :lol: :D :D :D

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[Ricky]

wow, me not even breathe anymore no more...so coolllllllllll........ 8) pyramids........wow

i print this and read it

[Winky]

Ricky wrote: wow, me not even breathe anymore no more...so coolllllllllll........ 8) pyramids........wow

i print this and read it

:) Hey Ricky I like it that you are so wild about the Pyramids !!!


You will seldom see the skyline so clear as on this day.. usually there is a smog hanging over the city .



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In this pic you can see a person hunched over at the bottom of the stairs holding on to both rails , its very narrow like a heating vent you see people crawling out in the movies !




Here you are approaching the area where the treasures were hidden 8) and the secret tunnel becomes somewhat larger .

[Hedgehog]

Its HOT in there and a long way up.....then when you get to the top...its EMPTY

[Ricky]

Winky, WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 8) :shock: so COOL