what are some famous Egyptian pyramids?

Question

tell me a little about each one

Answer 1

There are 235 pyramids that are recognised as having historical significance.
Many more that have been reduced to little more than a pile of rubble.
Their destruction can be attributed to time and man,so much so that their identification is not known and unlikely to ever be.
The Step pyramid at Saqqara is dated from the 3rd Dynasty.
It is only a part ,of what was a large mortuary complex.
Built for Djoser of the Old Kingdom.
It has been thoroughly studied in recent decades.
Through these studies it appears that the original construction plan was changed several times.
The final form it represents today is the result of many attempted experimental and improvised elements in pyramid building.
The leading architect and builder was Imhotep, who was a son of Djoser.

At Giza stand what Egyptologists refer to as "The Big Three".
Each would have originally had its own complex of walkways, temples,storage buildings,guard houses and a causeway that led to a specially build bay and docking area on the Nile.
"Khufu's Horizon" is the name of the Great Pyramid and was the first of the three to be built.
It is only in recent years that Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass found its missing "top" the pyramdion and located the related cult pyramid.
At the side of his pyramid Khufu had built three small pyramids for his queens.

From a distance the pyramid of Khafre seems to be the highest. this is because it is built on a more elevated part of the necropolis.When it was built it was 3metres lower than Khufu's .
It gives the illusion of being greater because the angle of its walls are steeper and in better condition.
Its Pharonic name is "Khafre The Great"
It is Khafre who is the most likely candidate for ownership of the Sphinx.
The causeway from his pyramid and complex lead directly to the paws of the Sphinx, or as it was known "Father of Terror".
Another clue that places Khafre as its owner is, the fact that the Sphinx is built in a quarry that the building materials for Khufu's Pyramid came from.

The third and smallest is that of Menkaure. Named "Menkaure is Divine".
It could almost be thought that its builder anticipated the decline of the 4th Dynasty,from its dimensions and unfinished state.It has suffered more than the other two from the hands and work of man.
All of "The Great Three" were originally cased in pink or white granite.
This granite was especially quarried near Aswan and floated to Giza on the Nile. It could only be achieved at the time of the annual inundation.The gleaming effect must have indeed been spectacular.
Whether in the sharp sunlight of the Egyptian day or by the changing colours of sunrise and sunset.
Medieval Arab historians witnessed the removal of blocks from this pyramid.
It was also recorded as early as 1630 by the English traveller and scholar John Greaves that the casing had almost entirely been removed.
The destruction continued during the time of Ali Pasha in the 1800s. Who ordered the removal a substantial amount of blocks and most of the remaining casing to Alexandria to construct an arsenal there.
It has however been determined that it is made of locally quarried limestone.
Up to about 15 metres it was cased in pink granite. The surface of these casing blocks was never finished and left in its roughly quarried state. Evidence that the the final touches were not put on the walls until the end of the construction,and that this work began at the top and proceeded downwards.
As in Khufu's and Khafre's complex,the mortuary temple was not situated to the pyramids east wall but a little further away. Taking on a square ground plan.
The original project of building Menkaure's morturary complex obviously remained unfinished due to his premature death. He was however buried within the pyramid in a granite lined burial chamber, with a beautiful basalt sarcophagus.
This sarcophagus met with an unfortunate fate.
It was to be shipped to England on the ship "Beatrice"in 1838.
Unfortunately the ship became shipwrecked between Malta and Spain.
No attempt has ever been made to retrieve it.
Each pyramid holds its own story and secrets and it will be many years until they reveal thier complete stories,if ever.

Answer 2

The Pyramid of Giza is built in Egypt. It was build 5000 years ago, it is the highest among all the 3 Pyramids. It is 146.5 meter tall. It was built as the tomb for the King and Queen. In side the Pyramid it is very dark and there is no Egyptian writings on the wall.

Answer 3

The Great Hussney Mubark's Pyramid, is the one!

Answer 4

They have been one in all 2 of the 1st civilizations in the international (as much as now as all of us understand), the different being Sumeria. They in all risk invented paper (papyrus), irrigation, one in all those phonetic writing, civil provider shape. it particularly is not precisely particular that the Egyptians "invented" pyramids. the super Pyramid at Giza includes no info that it became equipped by using Khufu, even however he took credit for it.

Answer 5

Giza Pyramids:
This Ancient Egyptian necropolis consists of the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops; coordinates 29°58′31.3″N, 31°07′52.7″E), the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Chephren; coordinates 29°58′42.6″N, 31°08′05.0″E), and the relatively modest-size Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinus; coordinates 29°58′19.8″N, 31°07′43.4″E), along with a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as "queens" pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids, and most noticeably the Great Sphinx. Associated with these royal monuments are the tombs of high officials and much later burials and monuments (from the New Kingdom onwards), signifying the reverence to those buried in the necropolis.


Giza pyramids, view from south in late 19th century. From left: Menkaura pyramid, Khafra pyramid, Great (Khufu) pyramid.Of the three, only Khafre's pyramid retains part of its original polished limestone casing, towards its apex. It is interesting to note that this pyramid appears larger than the adjacent Khufu pyramid by virtue of its more elevated location, and the steeper angle of inclination of its construction – it is, in fact, smaller in both height and volume.

The most active phase of construction here was in the 25th century BC.

The ancient remains of the Giza necropolis have attracted visitors and tourists since classical antiquity, when these Old Kingdom monuments were already over 2,000 years old. It was popularised in Hellenistic times when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Today it is the only one of the ancient Wonders still in existence.

Due largely to 19th-century images, the pyramids of Giza are generally thought of by foreigners as lying in a remote, desert location, even though they are located in what is now part of the most populated city in Africa. Consequently, urban development reaches right up to the perimeter of the antiquities site, to the extent that in the 1990s, Pizza Hut and KFC restaurants opened across the road.

The ancient sites in the Memphis area, including those at Giza, together with those at Saqqara, Dahshur, Abu Ruwaysh, and Abusir, were collectively declared a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Great Sphinx of Giza:
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a large half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo (29.975299° N 31.137496° E). It is one of the largest single-stone statues on Earth, and is commonly believed to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the 3rd millennium BC.

What name ancient Egyptians called the statue is not completely known. The commonly used name “Sphinx” was given to it in Antiquity based on the legendary Greek creature with the body of a lion, the head of a woman and the wings of an eagle, though Egyptian sphinxes have the head of a man. The word “sphinx” comes from the Greek Σφινξ — Sphinx, apparently from the verb σφινγω — sphingo, meaning “to strangle,” as the sphinx from Greek mythology strangled anyone incapable of answering her riddle. A few, however, have postulated it to be a corruption of the ancient Egyptian Shesep-ankh, a name applied to royal statues in the Fourth Dynasty, though it came to be more specifically associated with the Great Sphinx in the New Kingdom. In medieval texts, the names balhib and bilhaw referring to the Sphinx are attested, including by Egyptian historian Maqrizi, which suggest Coptic constructions, but the Egyptian Arabic name Abul-Hôl, which translates as “Father of Terror,” came to be more widely used.
The Great Sphinx is a statue with the face of a man and the body of a lion. Carved out of the surrounding limestone bedrock, it is 57 metres (260 feet) long, 6 m (20 ft) wide, and has a height of 20 m (65 ft), making it the largest single-stone statue in the world. Blocks of stone weighing upwards of 200 tons were quarried in the construction phase to build the adjoining Sphinx Temple. It is located on the west bank of the Nile River within the confines of the Giza pyramid field. The Great Sphinx faces due east, with a small temple between its paws.
More Egyptain Pryamids:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Pyramids

Answer 6

abu alhol

i just know this pyramid

it's a great pyramid

Answer 7

did u know the nose of the Sphinx was knocked off by Napoleon!