Inner Granite Chambers Of The Great Pyramid

The great pyramid of giza is the oldest and largest of the three ancient monuments in the giza plateau and is believed to have been constructed for the pharaoh khufu over a 20 year period though.

Inner granite chambers of the great pyramid.

Physicists have used the by products of cosmic rays to reveal a large previously unidentified chamber inside the 4 500 year old great pyramid in giza egypt. This posed a special challenge to the pyramid builders. They are formed by 5 granite slabs and a 6th top roof of gabled limestone. It has always been assumed that the monument s king s chamber queen s chamber and the subterranean chamber were all designed with funerary considerations in mind arguably the interment of its builder this was the fourth dynasty pharaoh khufu who reigned circa 2609 2584 bc at the height of.

The exact functions of the great pyramid s interior chambers remain a complete mystery. They were opened by excavations by vyse in the 1800s. 2551 2528 bce it originally stood at 481 4 feet 147 meters or about 45 stories. Two years ago a big discovery in the great pyramid was announced in a paper in nature.

The great pyramid or the pyramid of khufu is the oldest and the tallest of the three pyramids towering over giza. The great pyramid of giza also known as the pyramid of khufu or the pyramid of cheops is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the giza pyramid complex bordering present day giza in greater cairo egypt it is the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the only one to remain largely intact. For more fascinating stories like this one like the daily grail on facebook and follow us on twitter. The lowest of the 5 ceiling chambers was found to contain a black dust possibly the remains of insects entombed in construction.

A large void at least 30m 100ft in length above the grand gallery the find constituted the first major inner structure found in the great pyramid since the 19th century. Khufu s pyramid is not only the largest pyramid ever built but it also has the most complicated inner structures of all pyramids. Above the roof of the upper chamber are 5 ceiling chambers. Based on a mark in an interior chamber naming the work gang and a reference.

The evidence presented that can be found in the great pyramid does indicate that the inner chambers of the monument were once subjected to great heat and or an explosion which caused the great 70 ton granite beams in the ceiling of the king s chamber to crack.