Khufu's cartouche found inscribed on a backing stone of the pyramid.

4.4.1 Alignment to the cardinal directions.

2.3 History of dating Khufu and the Great Pyramid.The funerary complex around the pyramid consisted of two mortuary temples connected by a causeway (one close to the pyramid and one near the Nile), tombs for the immediate family and court of Khufu, including three smaller pyramids for Khufu's wives, an even smaller 'satellite pyramid' and five buried solar barges. Many varying scientific and alternative hypotheses attempt to explain the exact construction techniques. Khufu's vizier, Hemiunu (also called Hemon), is believed by some to be the architect of the Great Pyramid. The so-called Queen's Chamber and King's Chamber, that contains a granite sarcophagus, are higher up, within the pyramid structure. The lowest was cut into the bedrock, upon which the pyramid was built, but remained unfinished. There are three known chambers inside the Great Pyramid. Other blocks were imported by boat down the Nile: White limestone from Tura for the casing, and granite blocks from Aswan, weighing up to 80 tonnes, for the King's Chamber structure. Primarily local limestone from the Giza Plateau was used. The outside layers were bound together by mortar. The majority of stones are not uniform in size or shape and are only roughly dressed. The Great Pyramid was built by quarrying an estimated 2.3 million large blocks weighing 6 million tonnes in total. The dimensions of the pyramid were 280 royal cubits (146.7 m 481.4 ft) high, a base length of 440 cubits (230.6 m 756.4 ft), with a seked of 5 + 1 / 2 palms (a slope of 51★0'40'). The base was measured to be about 230.3 metres (755.6 ft) square, giving a volume of roughly 2.6 million cubic metres (92 million cubic feet), which includes an internal hillock. What is seen today is the underlying core structure. Over time, most of the smooth white limestone casing was removed, which lowered the pyramid's height to the present 138.5 metres (454.4 ft).

Initially standing at 146.6 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. As part of the Giza pyramid complex, it borders present-day Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt. Built in the early 26th century BC during a period of around 27 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid and the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu. Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

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