The Mysterious Pyramids of Giza
Last Modified: 03/07/2020
Discover how these amazing structures were built and what's inside them.
- 1More than 130 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt,...
- 2...but the Pyramids of Giza are the most famous of all,...
- 3...attracting millions of visitors each year.
- 4Located on the outskirts of Cairo, the archaeological site is called the Giza Necropolis.
- 5The complex is made up of three pyramids,...
- 6...and sitting to the east is the guardian of them all: the Sphinx.
- 7Lying in Pharaoh Khafre's necropolis,...
- 8...the Sphinx is carved from a single block of stone...
- 9...and depicts the pharaoh as a human-headed lion.
- 10The pyramids are over 4,000 years old.
- 11It's estimated between 20 to 30,000 workers were needed...
- 12...to polish and shift the massive limestone blocks into place.
- 13They not only house the remains of the deceased pharaohs,...
- 14...but were also used as storage for the items they would need in the afterlife.
- 15Due to the perfect geometry and sheer structural size,...
- 16...many have argued that the pyramids could not have been built by humans.
- 17Some have claimed, they were variously constructed by angels, the devil,...
- 18...or even visitors from another planet.
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