PowerPoint Presentation - The Great Pyramid of Giza

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The Great Pyramid of Giza By Tai
Hoang April/May, 2009

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Location/Description1

• It is the only standing wonder of the ancient
  world
• Stood 481 feet tall
• Tallest man-made structure until the Eiffel tower
  was built
• The pyramid was made of limestone, and casing
  stones were made of polished limestone
• Built by an estimated 100,000 people
• Base covers 750 square feet (13.6 acres)
• Sides rise at a 51 to 52 degree angle

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Location/Description 2

• Contains an estimated 2,300,000 stones weighing
  2.5 tons each, some weighing 16 tons and the
  large granite blocks in the kings burial chamber
  weigh about 50 tons
• There is a myth that a knife could not go between
  the pyramid and the casing stones

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Interior

• There were 3 chambers
• The kings camber had large 50 ton granite blocks
  on the roof
• The dimensions of two of the three chambers were
  the kings, 5.25mx10.5mx6m, and the queens,
  5.74mx5.23mx4.57m
• The king and queen chambers have small shafts
  leading out, these were believed to let their
  spirit go to the heavens
• The unfinished chamber is 27.5 meters below
  ground level and lacks precision

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Significant Artifacts/Features

• A large wooden sun boat was buried near the
  pyramid
• Small Ivory statue that sands 3 tall
• Pyramid was looted and All other artifact and
  features would have been stolen

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Other interesting facts

• Some people think the grand gallery was used as a
  counter weight system to pull the granite blocks
  into the kings chamber
• There was a gold capstone, but it is not there
  anymore
• Copper chisels were used to shape the stones
• Next to Khafre and Menkuare pyramids

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Cultural data

• They believed in gods
• Atum was the first god
• Shu was the god of air
• Tefnut was the goddess of moisture
• Geb was the god of earth
• Nut was the goddess of the sky
• Osiris was the god of the dead
• Isis was the queen of earth
• Horus was the king of earth
• A king was Horus in a human form
• Ra was the sun god
• Khufu was Ra in a human form

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History of Excavation

• After World War 2 a large wooden boat was was
  found
• The great pyramid is a landmark and would not of
  have been excavated very much