Interesting facts about the Cheops pyramid Is a great opportunity to learn more about one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is also called the Great Pyramid of Giza and for good reason, because it is the largest of all the Egyptian pyramids.
So, before you the most interesting facts about the Cheops pyramid.
- The Pyramid of Cheops is the only one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" that has survived to this day.
- According to scientists, the age of this structure is about 4500 years.
- The base of the pyramid reaches 230 m. Initially, its height was 146.6 m, whereas today it is 138.7 m.
- Did you know that before the construction of the cathedral in the English city of Lincoln, erected in 1311, the Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest structure on the planet? That is, it was the tallest structure in the world for over 3 millennia!
- Up to 100,000 people participated in the construction of the Cheops pyramid, which took about 20 years to build.
- Experts still cannot determine the exact composition of the solution that the Egyptians used to hold the blocks together.
- An interesting fact is that initially the Cheops pyramid was faced with white limestone (basalt). The cladding reflected the sun's rays and was visible from a great distance. In the 12th century, the Arabs plundered and burned Cairo, after which the locals dismantled the cladding to build new dwellings.
- There is a version that the Cheops pyramid is a calendar, as well as the most accurate compass.
- The pyramid covers an area of 5.3 hectares, which corresponds to approximately 7 football fields.
- Inside the building there are 3 burial chambers, one above the other.
- The average weight of one block reaches 2.5 tons, while the heaviest weighs 35 tons!
- The pyramid consists of approximately 2.2 million blocks of different weights and stacked in 210 layers.
- According to mathematical calculations, the Cheops pyramid weighs about 4 million tons.
- The faces of the pyramid are strictly oriented to the cardinal points. Studying its design, experts came to the conclusion that even then the Egyptians had knowledge of the "Golden Section" and the number pi.
- An interesting fact is that after penetrating inside the researchers did not manage to find a single mummy.
- Oddly enough, but the pyramid of Cheops is not mentioned in any of the Egyptian papyri.
- The perimeter of the base of the building is 922 m.
- Contrary to popular myth, the Cheops pyramid cannot be seen from space with the naked eye.
- Regardless of the season and part of the day, the temperature inside the pyramid always remains at +20 уровнеС.
- Another mystery of the Cheops pyramid is its internal shafts, reaching a width of 13-20 cm. What is the true purpose of the mines is still a mystery.
