The Great Pyramid: The Pyramid of King Khufu
One of the Seven Wonders of the World, built in 2650 BC, is considered to be the largest stone building in the world. It belongs to King Khufu. The fourth family was built by the engineer Ham Ono. The base of the pyramid is square. The length of each stone is 230 meters. The origin of 146 meters, now 137 meters, the angle of construction of 5.51 degrees, built this pyramid in a manner of air pressure, the number of stones used in the construction of about 2300000 stone block and weight on average 5.2 tons.
Pyramid of Khufu
He is the second king of the fourth family to rule after the death of his father Sinfero, his full name (Khnom Khawaf Li) (ie, the idol Khneum who protects me). The scholars believe that originally from the village of Bani Hassan (Khufu) He did not know much about the important events of his reign, but he sent missions to the valley of the cave, where he found his name and a photograph representing him on the head of a man with a deadly pinch; to bring the turquoise, and a single statue found in Abidos, The throne, the length of the statue five centimeters, is now in the Egyptian Museum ruled in accordance with the city (Turin) about twenty-three years, and is attributed to the Great Pyramid of Hramat Giza, the largest stone building in the world and called (Agt Cheops) in the sense horizon of Khufu.
The second pyramid: the pyramid of King Khafra
Built by King Khafra southwest of the pyramid of his father Khufu. And is still holding a portion of its crest at its peak so far. Its height is 143.5 meters and the length of each side is 215.5 meters, and its angle is 53.10 meters. It is located at the ground level, and the entrance leads to a descending corridor, its granite roof and slope angle 22, ends at a barricade entering it into a horizontal corridor, and then a ramp leading to a cell called the burial chamber error is empty carved in the rock, and the vestibule continues to another barricade that rises up by a horizontal path ending with the burial chamber. , And almost the middle of the pyramid, Khafra launched on the pyramid name (great).
He is the fourth king in the fourth family married to the Princess (Maras Ankh) III The historian Maniton mentions that the rule of twenty-six years attributed to the second pyramid of Giza pyramids, which is lower than the pyramid (Khufu), originally height of one hundred and forty-three meters, And now has one hundred and thirty-six meters and a half, was built on an area of two hundred and fifteen meters four and a half square meters, and the pyramid entrance in the north, and the pyramid still retains a part of its cloak at the top, found in the temple Valley of his pyramid group on the statues of the stone, Including one of the most beautiful sculptures produced by Egyptian sculptors.
Pyramid III: Pyramid of Menkaure
The king built it from the cave of the son of King Khafre. The length of each rib is 5,108 meters and its height is originally 5,66 meters and its angle is 51 degrees. Its entrance in the northern side rises about four meters above the ground level and leads to a 31-meter low passageway, a slight slope angle, Then we find a stone-lined vestibule, a horizontal corridor with three barricades, and then we reach the burial chamber. A wooden coffin with his name and his mummies was found in the British Museum.
Sphinx
Sphinx
King Khafra sculpted the giant statue of the Sphinx with a man's body and a lion's body near the pyramids about 4,500 years ago. Most of the time he was buried buried in the sand that was protected by the time. Since its discovery in modern times, the Sphinx has become a prey to wind, water and man because the limestone, carved from the statue, has been eroded by groundwater and sand winds. The Pharaonic statue, which is 48 meters long, has undergone several renovations.
Sun boats: Khufu complex
Side image of the sun complex (Khufu)
Next to the pyramids there is a museum of sun boats, which was found hidden beside the pyramids. In one of the two holes next to the pyramid (Khufu), made of cedar wood imported from the mountains of Lebanon, and was dismantled and placed very carefully, and found ropes and paddles of their own, the length of the compound (5,43 meters), and the maximum width (9.5) (7 meters) and consists of 1224 pieces of wood the longest (23 meters), and the smallest (10 cm) and the height of its front (6 meters) and its height (7 meters) ), And the compound is a main cabin divided into two rooms: a small room in the direction of the front, and a large room (7 meters) surrounded the cabin 36 columns in the form of wedge tent, but the captain's cabin is very small located in the The vessel has 10 paddles 5 on each side, and most likely it was placed at the disposal of the king in the afterlife.
The area of Saqqara and Dahshour
Pyramid of Saqqara Amphitheater
The first stone structure in the world was built. It is the pyramid of Saqqara, built by King Zuser in 2816 BC and the Saqqara pyramids, which include the Pyramids of Kings Teti. Unas. And the Kauser and the Roki Meri tombs. Kakgeti. Ptahhotep. T. My name is Ankh Khanom. Khenom Hetep. Nefer. Nafar Haram Ptah. Aero Rocca Ptah. Qar. Ptah Shabss. Erase. Ankh Maher. Nefr Shasem Ra and the Sacred Cemetery in addition to the pyramids of Abuusir and Dahshour, which is also one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, which includes the most important treasures of the archaeological where it was found on more than the discovery of the richest gold in the pyramids and tombs, and the most important of these pyramids Sinfro pyramid and known as the pyramid pyramid pyramid special King Sennfro, and the Black Pyramid of King Amenemhat III, and the pyramid of King Senusert III. This region began to receive world tourism after its preparation.
Archaeological areas in Cairo Governorate:
Including the area of dam penance
It is located in Wadi Marari south of Helwan.
And Civil On
It is one of the most important archaeological sites Pharaonic known as Ain Shams or Helio Polis and is one of the oldest capitals in the ancient world and the most important archaeological features King's obelisk Senusert I rainbow