Saturday, December 15, 2012

Fourth Dynasty and build three pyramids

Back the progress of the Fourth Dynasty pyramids built by kings respectively

(Cheops, Khafre, Menkaure).



 





 Cheops



Is a king of the Fourth Dynasty, and linked his fame largest pyramid, which is a

Seven Wonders of the magnitude of its construction, the splendor of his appearance, and the beauty of its architecture, versatility

Designed. The height of the Great Pyramid of about 137 meters, and the number of the stones

About 2,300,000 stone, is thus the biggest Old building was built on the face of the earth,

According to the Greek historian "Herodotus" that this pyramid-building took twenty years.


He built successors "Cheops": "Khafre" and "Menkaure" pyramids slimmer than the Great Pyramid.



Sphinx





The king ordered "Khafre" sculpt the statue of a huge rock in the form of the body of a lion

Has a human head, and this statue is likely that a King "Khafre" himself.
 

 The length of the statue 57 meters, and a height of 20 meters, the length of the face five meters,

And the length of the ear more than one meter, two meters and mouth and a third.








Statue of King Khafra Egyptian Museum.




 

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