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.

“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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Archaeologists have found the world's oldest intact sarcophagus near the pyramids of Giza, and it could contain a mummy about 4 500 years old, according to Egypt's top antiquities official.