The Great Pyramid
What is it?The Great Pyramid is the biggest and most famous pyramid in the world.The Ancient Egyptian built pyramids to house the mummies of their kings or pharaohs. They believed pharaohs could live forever. The Great Pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu and completed in 2560 B.C. It's more than 4,500 years-old! | Where is it?At Giza in Egypt.Giza is on the edge of the Western Desert, near Cairo. | How big is it?Enormous!It is over 140 metres high. This may not seem very tall. The Burj Khalifa building in Dubai is 828 metres high! But the base of the py... |