February
16
/ 2013
When you say the word pyramid, Egypt immediately comes to mind. Of the 138 pyramids identified in Egypt—many of which are world-renowned pyramids—the three pyramids of Giza are certainly at the top of the list. The Pyramid of Khufu (or Cheops), the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure are each complete with a system of temples, tombs, and smaller pyramids, and are all connected to one another. The external layer of stones and the capstones of the pyramids are now missing, although they were intact up to 100 BCE according to the historian Diodorus Siculus. It has been calculated that the largest one, the Pyramid of Cheops, commonly referred to as the Great Pyramid, is comprised of more
