Pyramids and Sphinx Tour
Egypt is well known for its great pyramids and Sphinx that date back about 7000 years. Thus, if you have never been to Egypt, you must include a trip to the Pyramids and Sphinx on your visit. In this blog, we will tell you what you will see there.
Pyramids overview
The purpose of building the pyramids was religious as Pharaohs believed that there is an afterlife. That is why they built the pyramids as their tombs. They believed that they would be gods in the afterlife. So, they decided to build big tombs with everything they might need to guide and help them in the afterlife.
Cheops pyramid
Cheops is the oldest pyramid of the three pyramids and it is one of the world’s seven wonders. It is roughly 481 feet tall and used around 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing 2.5 to 15 tons. There are three known chambers inside Cheops Pyramid. The lowest was cut into the bedrock, upon which the pyramid was built, but remained unfinished. The second one is called Queen’s Chamber and King’s Chamber, which contains a granite sarcophagus. The funerary complex around the pyramid consisted of two mortuary temples connected by a causeway tombs for the immediate family and court of Cheops, including three smaller pyramids for Cheops’ wives, an even smaller “satellite pyramid” and five buried solar barges.
Chephren Pyramid
Chephren, the son of Cheops, built a pyramid for himself that measures 216 meters on each side and was originally 143 meters high. There is one burial chamber with an area of 14 by 5 meters, where there is a sarcophagus of a fairly large size, as well as vessels in which the internal organs of the ruler were kept. The pyramid differs from other pyramids in two entrances and two tunnels to the burial chamber.
Mycerinus Pyramid
It is the third and smallest of the great pyramids at Giza and is credited to the pharaoh Mycerinus. It is thought to have been completed at the end of the 26th century BC. Mycerinus , like the builders of the other pyramids at Giza, ruled Egypt during the 4th Dynasty during the Old Kingdom Period of ancient Egypt. The pyramid had an original height of 215 feet, but stands at 204 feet today as a result of the removal of its outer casing and capstone. The lower section of the pyramid was encased in pink granite and the upper portions in white Tura limestone
Sphinx
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human, and the body of a lion. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Chephren. It measures 73 meters long, 20 meters high, and 19 meters wide. Shpinx’s nose was broken off for unknown reasons between the 3rd and 10th centuries AD. Sphinx always symbolizes the power and strength of pharaoh Chephren.
Thus, visiting the great pyramids and sphinx is a fantastic trip that will let you see the majesty of ancient Egypt.
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