Characteristics

• Oldest of 7 wonders
• At time of creation, tallest structure in world for 4000 years
• Built as a tomb for Khufu (king of ancient Egypt)
• Later 2 more pyramids built for his son and grandson and smaller pyramids for their queens
• 482 feet high

Technology

• May have taken 100, 000 men over 20 yrs to build
• 2 million stone blocks, each weighing 2.75 tons or more
• Workers hauled these into place using ramps, rollers, and levers
• Then they would fit them together Mw/out using cement

Wonder Qualities

• Ancient Egyptians believed that when a person died, the body had to be looked after, so that spirit could live on after death
• Preserved body as a mummy
• Mummy was buried with clothes, food, jewelry to be used in the afterlife
• Khufu's mummified body was placed in a burial chamber deep within the pyramid