Pyramid of Khufu

The final stop on our tour will bring you full circle from the man who physically designed the pyramids to the one who ordered them be erected in the first place. This is the first Great Pyramid of Giza and the resting place of King Khufu. This is of course the first and largest of all of the pyramids on the complex standing at 481 feet tall. The reason he built it was the reason the others after him did, they wanted a great tomb to put their worldly bodies in when they leave this earth. It was constructed over a 20 year period and over 100,000 men to complete the structure when it was finally finished it was th tallest manmade structure for thousands of years. The Great Pyramid and the surrounding ones are known as one of the wonders of the world and it makes sense I could not imagine being in the desert helping pull those stones up and place them where they needed to go. I hope you enjoyed your tour of Ancient Giza and learned something along the way.