Height: 10.8 meters This is the chamber where King Khufu was ultimately buried. Unfortunately, all that remains in this sacred space is the king's sarcophagus made of large blocks of red granite.

Height: 10.8 meters This is the chamber where King Khufu was ultimately buried. Unfortunately, all that remains in this sacred space is the king's sarcophagus made of large blocks of red granite.

When the pyramids were first opened and explored, 19th-century archaeologists found a number of chambers, including one containing a sarcophagus that was thought to contain Khufu himself.

“You can’t see us but we see you.” In the early going, a cat calmly follows us. Once we enter a room containing Khufu’s tomb, the electricity goes out and the guide leaves to find help.

14 July 2005 For years scholars have believed that the pyramid of King Khufu, largest of the three "great" pyramids at Giza, had been plundered in antiquity and everything of value, including the body ...

Object Details Author Lehner, Mark Subject Hetep-heres Queen, consort of Sneferu, King of Egypt Tomb Date 1985 Call number DT73.G5L44 1985X Type Books Physical description x, 90 p., [6] p. of plates ...

This timeline encapsulated the dates when the three pyramids of Giza—Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure—were estimated to be completed, between 2686 and 2160 BCE.

King Khufu's Boat, an ancient vessel that is the oldest and largest wooden boat discovered in Egypt, has been painstakingly moved from its longstanding home next to the Giza pyramids to a nearby ...