In this article, we will see 51 Great Pyramid of Giza Interesting Facts that everyone should know about. The Great Pyramid of Giza is probably the oldest and largest Egyptian Pyramid. It is one of the most iconic and mysterious wonders of the world. It is known to be one of the most impressive man made structures ever made in its time. Egyptologists concluded that the pyramid was built as a tomb for the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Khufu.

51 Great Pyramid of Giza Interesting Facts You Should Know About

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• The Great Pyramid of Giza is also called the Pyramid of Khufu.
• The Giza Pyramid complex is located on the Giza Plateau in Greater Cairo, Egypt which includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx of Giza.
• These all Pyramids were built during the Fourth Dynasty between 2600 BC and 2500 BC of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
• The Pyramid of Giza is this high as 481 feet or 146 m.
• Archeologists believe that it was the tallest structure in the world.
• For the ancient Egyptians, these pyramids represented the rays of the sun, shining towards the earth.
• Pyramids of Giza are full of tunnels and secret chambers.
• Trigonometry and Astronomy are just some of the knowledge applied in the construction of these pyramids.
• The Great Pyramid of Giza is located at the center of the landmass of the earth. The east west parallel they crosses the most land in the north south meridian, they crosses the most land intersects in two places on the earth. One in the ocean and the other at the Great Pyramid. More on wikipedia.
• The pyramid once had a swivel door at the entrance that weight around 20 tons that could be easily pushed open from the inside, on the outside it was very hard to find because it fit perfectly.
• The interior temperature is constant and equals the average temperature of the earth i.e. 20 degree Celsius or 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
• There are three known Chambers inside the Pyramid. One of the chambers was built into the bedrock underground, but remained unfinished. The Queen's chamber was higher and the King's chamber was the highest that contains a granite sarcophagus, within the pyramid structure.
• It is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It is the oldest and the only one to remain mainly intact.
• The four faces of the pyramid are slightly concave, the only pyramid to have been built this way.
• The pyramid is the only one in Egypt known to have passages inside they go up and down. If you wanted to visit the King's chamber you would to have walk down all the way bent over.
• The weight of the Pyramid is estimated at 5 million 955 thousand tons.
• The corner stone foundations of the Pyramid have ball and socket construction capable of dealing with heat expansion and earthquakes.
• The Pyramid was built by quarrying an estimated 2.3 million large blocks weighing 6 million tons total.
• Those blocks weigh from about two to thirty tons each. The heaviest block weighs just about fifty tons.
• When the Pyramid was completed 20 years later it stood at 481 feet or 146.5 m tall.
• Mortar was used generously in the Great Pyramid's construction.
• The first major mention about the pyramid can be found in the writings of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, author in the 5th century BC.
• According to ancient Greek belief slave labors was used for pyramid construction, but modern discoveries made at nearby workers' camps associated with construction at Giza suggest that it was built instead by thousands of conscript laborers.
• The first precise measurements of the pyramid were made by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie in 1880–1882, published as The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh.