Pharaoh Khufu and the Great Pyramid

quarry

a place from which stone is taken

grave robbers

-egyptians were burried with their prized belongings -grave robbers would steal these belongings

Kings Chamber

A chamber in the Great Pyramid where the sarcophagus containing the King's body was located

Giza

An ancient Egyptian city; the site of the Great Pyramid

Khufu

Egyptian pharaoh who built the great pyramid, old kingdom

King Cheops

Greek name for Khufu

Great Pyramid

It is the largest and grandest pyramid built for King Khufu and is still standing in Giza

Meritites and Neferkau

Khufu's wives

white limestone

Originally covered the Great Pyramid and was stolen to build the city of Cairo

capstone

a final stone forming the top of a structure; on a pyramid, it is pyramid-shaped

sarcophagus

a large stone coffin

The Grand Gallery

a long decorated hallway 153 feet long, leading up to the Kings chamber inside the Great Pyramid

20 to 27 years

about how long it took to build the Great Pyramid

Hemiunu

believed to be the architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza (Khufu)

boat pits

built into the pyramids because they gave the pharaohs huge boats to use in the afterlife (all of their possessions were buried with them)

workers?

for years believed that slaves built the Great Pyramid but more recent research argues that skilled workers were used to build the Great Pyramid

481 feet

original height of the great pyramid

chambers

rooms, 3 known inside the Great Pyramid, King's, Queen's and Subterranean (abandoned)

755 feet square

the measurement for the base of the Great Pyramid

Tura

the quarry in Ancient Egypt where the white limestone for the Great Pyramid was brought from