On the Giza Plateau throne three of the most famous of the Egyptian pyramids. Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, massive, certainly, but slender, proudly wear this elegant nonchalance acquired over the centuries which makes them even more beautiful.
To start numbers: Cheops, 148 meters high at the origin (currently 138 meters), 230 m square, 2.3 million stone blocks around, average weight 2.5 tonnes each block, spread on 201 levels, Chephren 136.50 meters high, finally Mykérinos 66 meters high and includes a block that weighs 290 volumes. The scholars of the Egyptian expedition calculated that cobbling all blocks. Everything distance affair. Too close, the prospect is crushed. Too far, it's not that either. So it takes a walk, or even rent a camel to find the best view. The place remains the one known of all raw camel. There to the south, this slightly elevated rocky outcrop is unforgettable in the late afternoon when the low-angled light is caught in the dust tourist camel.
Formerly, each pyramid was covered with limestone plates, reflecting the sun hid the eyes of looters entering the building. At the top, a golden pyramidion would shine brightly. All that has disappeared.Plunderers and builders have used transforming the vast necropolis of Giza in vast stone quarry. Only the pyramids remain large and small. Dromos, mastabas, funerary temples and other palaces were leveled. Stubborn archaeologists nonetheless miracles. In 1818 an adventurer named Giovanni Belzoni is the entrance to the pyramid of Khafre opening one way of understanding the Egyptian funerary rites. In 1926, the tomb of Queen Hetepheres mother of Khufu and wife of Sneferu, was discovered intact. In 1954, two large pits perfectly concealed engage each a solar boat as a clever giant puzzle of 1224 pieces. That set at the foot of the pyramid of Cheops will need ten years of work and reflection. Many mysteries still hang on the Giza Plateau.
Conclusion
Do we ever discover the famous secret chamber of the Great Pyramid? Pierce it ever the enigma of the Sphinx, its meaning? Under questioning, the sand and under the sand ... the mystery!
