History of Pyramid

PYRAMIDS

The Egyptian pyramids is a ancient structure in located in Egypt.

  

It’s design with the majority of the weight closer to the ground, and with the pyramidion on top means that less material higher up on the pyramid will be pushing down from above. This distribution of weight, allowed early civilization to create stable monumental structures. It has been demonstrated that the common shape of the pyramids of antiquity, from Egypt to Central Africa, represents the dry stone construction that requires minimum human work.

As of November 2008, sources the city either 108 or 138 as the number of identified Egyptian pyramids. The earliest known Egyptian pyramids are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis. The earliest among these is the pyramid of Djoser. Which was built during the third dynasty.

The most famous pyramid are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever build. The pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven wonders of the Ancient world still in existence.    

Four thousand of years, the largest structure on earth were pyramid- first the red pyramid in the Dhasur Necropolis and then the great pyramid of Khufu, both of Egypt, the later is the only one of the ancient world still remaining. Khufu’s pyramid is built mainly of limestone and is considered architectural masterpiece. It contains over 2,000,000 block ranging in weight from 2.5 tonnes to 15 tonnes and is built on a square base with sides measuring about 230 m , covering 13 acres. Its four sides face the four cardinal points precisely and it has an angle of 52 degrees. The original height of pyramid was 146.5 m,

But today it is only 137 m high, the 9 m that is missing is due to the theft on the fine quality white Tura limestone covering, or casing stones, for construction in Cairo. It is still the tallest pyramid. The largest pyramid by volume is the Great pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla.