Khufu Complex Granite Blocks

Boats for the afterlife.

Khufu complex granite blocks. The heaviest blocks are the granite blocks used to roof the kings chambers and the weight relieving chambers above the king s chamber. Boats for the afterlife. Khufu s mortuary complex also included seven large boat pits. Based on a mark in an interior chamber naming the work gang and a reference.

This burial chamber was sealed with a series of massive granite blocks and the entrance to the shaft filled with limestone in an effort to obscure the opening. Over two million stone blocks were used to construct it each weighing several tons. Five of these are located to the east of the pyramid and were a sort of model. This is where khufu the ruler of the 4th dynasty was buried.

Plan of the king s chamber. Khufu pyramid temple basalt flooring looking s with khufu pyramid on right and pyramids g i a g i b and pyramid g i c on left. The great pyramid of giza also known as the pyramid of khufu or the pyramid of cheops is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the giza pyramid complex bordering present day giza in greater cairo egypt it is the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the only one to remain largely intact. This burial chamber was sealed with a series of massive granite blocks and the entrance to the shaft filled with limestone in an effort to obscure the opening.

The king s chamber crypt of khufu s pyramid with its five relieving chambers built with huge granite stone blocks. A mummy or grave goods haven t been found inside the pyramid. Granite blocks from khufu pyramid temple. The khufu pyramid complex the mortuary temple.

Khufu ˈ k uː f uː full name khnum khufu ˈ k n uː m ˈ k uː f uː known to the ancient greeks as cheops was an ancient egyptian monarch who was the second pharaoh of the fourth dynasty in the first half of the old kingdom period 26th century bc khufu succeeded his father sneferu as king. The great pyramid s core is made of yellowish limestone blocks the outer casing now almost completely gone and the inner passages are of finer light coloured limestone and the interior burial chamber is built of huge blocks of granite. Khufu s mortuary complex also included seven large boat pits. Five of these are located to the east of the pyramid and were a sort of model.

The great pyramid of khufu this massive pyramid is the largest ever built. For the king s chamber granite blocks weighting 40 to 50 tons were used. Approximately 2 3 million blocks of stone were cut transported and assembled to create the 5 75. These are estimated to weigh from 50 to 80 tons each.

New features since previous pyramids. The final stone on the top was a large block in the shape of a pyramid. A granite sarcophagus lies in the chamber but it is not known if there ever was a corpse put to rest there. It stands at 481 feet 147 meters and was erected about 4 500 years ago during the old kingdom.