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The Great Pyramid of Giza


One of the seven wonders of the Ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the seven and is the only pyramid of the seven that is still standing today. King Khufu had the idea of building this 146m tall and 920 2m pyramid, but when he died, his mummy was never found. When the pyramid was built, it was built with 2.3 million limestone bricks. Inside the pyramid, there is an empty sarcophagus and the kings chamber was the only completed burial chamber in all of the pyramid. Nearly all of the pyramid's chambers have a purpose and most of them are unknown. For 4000 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has been the tallest building in the world. Under the pyramid is a Subterrarean chamber which is unfinished and has a purpose which is unknown.

The Sphinx
The Sphinxes are stone beasts that have a lion's body and the head of a human, ram or a hawk and the Giza Sphinx is the form of the sun god, Re.

Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics was the form of writing that was used in Ancient Egypt.



The Egyptians call their writing Hieroglyphics because of the drawings are their letter and they have more then 2000 letters in their alphabet.