Giza Necropolis

Giza necropolis takes up a big part of the Giza Plateau, which is about 25 kilometers south of Cairo, the capital of Egypt. The plateau is near Giza, on the same plain a few kilometers from the capital on the left side of the Nile. This group of landmarks is the best way to show that you know where Egypt is. Some of the most important artifacts from Ancient Egypt may be in the area between the necropolis and the rest of the city. These kinds of things are called “testimonies.”

Behind the Sphinx are three of the most famous pyramids: the Pyramid of Cheops in the north, the Pyramid of Khafre in the middle, and the Pyramid of Menkaure in the south. The only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that has stayed mostly the same is the Great Pyramid of Giza. People thought that the pyramid’s sloping sides looked like the sun, and the whole building was seen as a ladder to the heavens.

Giza Necropolis Facts:

There are several royal tombs, mastabas, and cemeteries. There are also many structures for consorts and private graves, as well as the graves of important officials and less important royal family members. The “Village of the Craftsmen,” where the real people who built the pyramids lived, was in the same area as the Giza necropolis. In this town, there are two pyramid tombs. One is to the southeast of the other. When viewed from above, the three pyramids make it look like the only historical structures are in the north of the plateau. Even though it doesn’t look like it, there are actually a lot more tombs and graves farther to the west. Because of the nearby workers’ hamlets and graves, the necropolis is a lot bigger than it looks.

The Ancient History of Giza Necropolis:

The Egyptian pharaohs built these huge pyramids about 4,500 years ago as places to bury their dead because the pyramids were so big. People think that the shape of the pyramid has something to do with worshiping the sun. The points on the sides of the pyramid would represent the sun’s rays, which would move over the surface of the planet, and the pyramid as a whole would be a ladder to the heavens.

It is very rare for more than one dynasty to use the same necropolis at the same time. Each dynasty built its own one. They were buried at Giza, while the royal families of the first and second dynasties were buried at Umm El-Qa’ab. During the third dynasty, the people who lived in Egypt’s Saqqara were their home. They were laid to rest in the town of Abousir, which is north of Saqqara. At the Saqqara Necropolis, people from the First Dynasty have been buried since the beginning of time. During the time of the Old Empire, the Saqqara Necropolis was also in use. Not just one rule applies.

If we look at how the necropolis was used between the years 2550 and 2450, when it was at its best, we can see that it was a golden time. We can see that each tomb is made up of a tomb pyramid, a wall that protects the pyramid, a temple next to the pyramid, pavement, a temple at the bottom, and one or more cemeteries.

What is in the Giza Necropolis?

1- Pyramid of Khufu

“The Horizon of Cheops” was the name the ancient Egyptians gave to the biggest and oldest pyramid in the complex. Because it used to be covered with smooth stones, what you can see of the Great Pyramid now is just the structure’s foundation. Some of the original rocks are still strewn around the base of the building.
In addition to the underground room that was found in the Pyramid of Khufu, the Queen’s Chamber and the King’s Chamber, which were both built on the lowest level of the pyramid, were also found.

During the 23 years, it took to build the pyramid, about 100,000 large blocks of concrete were dug out of the ground each year. Each of these blocks weighed about 2.5 tons and was moved to the building site, where they were stacked up to a height of 147 meters. This is one reason why academics are still interested in how the pyramid was built today.

Egypt’s different ruling dynasties did a lot of research on the Pyramid of Khufu in the centuries after it was built. This was done less to protect the building and more to figure out how to get inside and take out any treasures that might have been hidden inside. In any case, Khufu’s body and burial goods were never found, and they probably ended up in the hands of tomb robbers during that time.

2- Pyramid of Khafre

Ancient people called this pyramid the “Great Chefren.” It was built by Khufu’s son, who became Egypt’s only pharaoh after his father. Even though the Pyramid of Chephren was meant to be built on a smaller scale than the Pyramid of Khufu, it is the tallest building in the complex at 136 meters.

This is because the pyramid was built on a rocky “pedestal” that is about ten meters high and has sides that slope at an increasingly steep angle. This pyramid is unique because it still has some of the thin stone slabs that were used to cover all of the pyramids.

3- Pyramid of Menkaure

Ancient Egyptians called the last pyramid built on the Giza plateau “Divine is Mycerinus.” Even though it is the shortest at “just” 66 meters, there are several mistakes in the way this pyramid was built.

After Mycerinus died suddenly, the original plan had to be changed. Instead of the rare red granite of Aswan, cheaper white limestone was used. In fact, it was made with bigger stone blocks than the other buildings, but they were put together in a less planned way. Also, the stone blocks used to build this building were bigger than the ones used to build the others.

4- Great Sphinx of Giza

The Great Sphinx of Giza is on a stone platform next to the path that leads to the downstream temple of Chefren. Here is where the dead pharaoh was prepared for his journey to the next world. The Sphinx is 73.5 meters long, 20.2 meters tall, and 19.3 meters wide. It was carved from a single piece of sandstone. It was made to represent and protect the Pharaoh Chefren, who ordered it to be made.

The statue is in bad shape now because it was built with low-quality stone and has been worn away by sand and time. People often think that the Sphinx has hidden chambers under its body. This is one of the many urban legends that have grown up around this ancient monument over the years and add to people’s interest in it.

The Mysteries of the Pyramids of Giza:

In addition to the amazing numbers we just talked about, the Pyramids of Egypt are also home to a number of mysteries, such as: The pyramid of Khufu is perfectly lined up with the other two, which are the pyramids of Chephren and Menkaura, or Mycerinus. This is because the three pyramids are all made from the same constellations that make up Orion.

Here you can find the entrance to the inside of the pyramid, which leads to Alpha Draconis, a pole star. In ancient Egypt, Osiris was seen as the god of rebirth, and many people think that the Pyramids of Giza have something to do with him.

Recent research has shown that you can get a rough idea of the value of the Greek number pi by dividing the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza by its height twice. This gives a number close to 3.14, which is what the pi-greek number is worth. In the King’s Chamber, there is also a pi-greek that was made by figuring out the length of the room in relation to its circumference. Just wonderful.

Even though the pyramids of Egypt are almost 5,000 years old, nobody knows how they were built. The Great Sphinx is even older than that. Even though it has been called the eighth wonder of the ancient world many times, a new study shows that it could be as old as 10,000 years.