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Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid at Giza is an awesome sight, thirty times larger than the Empire State Building(in mass), the Pyramid's features are so large they can be seen from the Moon. The oldest structure in existence, having been started 4,617 years ago, it is the sole remnant of the Seven Wonders of the World.
The Great Pyramid did not always look as "rough" as it does today. Originally it was encased with a layer of tight-fitting, highly polished 20-ton stone slabs.W.M. Flinders Petrie determined the exact dimensions of the sides of the Pyramids and he found that they were almost exactly the same length to a accuracy of 0.1 +/- inch. |
The Great Pyramid is the most comprehensively studied building in the world. It sited at the northern edge of the Giza plateau. It was estimated that 2,300,000 blocks of stone, weighing between 2-70 tons each, were used in its construction, but recent computer calculations estimated the total number of slabs to be 590,712. The mortar used is of an unknown origin. It has been analyzed and it's chemical composition is known but even using today techniques it can't be reproduced.
The Great Pyramid (the Pyramid of Khufu, or Cheops in Greek) at Gizeh, Egypt, demonstrates the remarkable character of its placement on the face of the Earth.
The Pyramid lies in the center of gravity of the continents. It also lies in the exact center of all the land area of the world, dividing the earth's land mass into approximately equal quarters. |
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| Hotels |
| Le Meridien Pyramids El Remaya Square, Pyramids, Egypt 02 33777070 |
| Hotel Sofitel Le Sphinx 1 Alexandria Desrert Road Giza, Egypt 02 33776444 |
| MENA HOUSE OBEROI Pyramids Road, Giza, Cairo, Egypt 02 33773222 |
| Pyramids View Hotel 10 El Sadat Street, Hadaek El Ahram Zone, Giza, Egypt 02 33772077 |
| GRAND PYRAMIDS 53, Studio Misr Road, Mariottia Pyramids, Giza, Kairo, Egypt 02 33881883 |
| Restaurents |
| The Moghul Room Pyramids Road Giza,, Cairo, Egypt 02 33773222 |
| Andrea 60 Maryotteya Canal, Cairo, Egypt |
| Harris Café Le Méridien Pyramids, El Remaya Sq., Haram, Giza, Egypt 02 33773388 |
| AMARANTE ROYAL GARDENS 29 Abou Hazem St, Giza, Egypt 02 37812211 |
| Khan al-Khalili, Islamic Cairo,, Egypt 02 33773222 |
| Attractions |
| Al Azhar Mosque Cairo, Cairo and Nile Delta, Egypt |
| Egyptian Museum Cairo, Kairo und Nildelta, Egypt 02 5782448 |
| Cairo Opera House In the Gezira Exhibition Grounds, Cairo, Cairo and Nile Delta, Egypt 0739 8144 |
| The Sphinx Northeast of Chephren's Valley Temple, Cairo, Egypt |
| Step Pyramid Saqqara, Cairo and Nile Delta, Egypt |
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