Pyramid of Cheops
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Pyramid
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| Function / usage: |
Mausoleum / tomb
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| Built: | 2589 B.C. - 2566 B.C. |
| Status: | in ruins |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Giza, Egypt, Africa |
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| Next to |
Pyramid of Chefren (2532 B.C.)
Pyramid of Mycerinus (2515 B.C.) |
| Coordinates: | 29° 58' 44.00" N 31° 8' 4.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 230 m | |
| height | 146.5 m | |
| length | 230 m | |
| weight | > 5 000 000 t |
Materials
| building structure |
stone
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Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
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Ägyptische Kulturstätten: Die Pyramide von König Cheops in Gizeh
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Association Construire la Grande Pyramide
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benben - Das alte Ägypten: Cheops-Pyramide
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Le mécanisme secret de la grande pyramide d'Egypte
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Les sept Merveilles du Monde: Les pyramides d'Egypte
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PBS Nova: Explore the Pyramids
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The UnMuseum: Khufu's Great Pyramid
Relevant Publications
- Le temps des Pyramides, Gallimard. L'Univers des formes, Paris (France), 1978
- Die Fördertechnik beim Bau der Pyramiden, in "Bautechnik", February 2004, n. 2 v. 81
- Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France), ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 204-205
- Building the Great Pyramid, in "Technology and Culture", April 2003, n. 2 v. 44
- La construction de la Grande pyramide. La seule solution plausible, in "Travaux", December 2002, n. 792
- Le tombeau de Khéops et le témoignage d'Hérodote, in "Travaux", April 2003, n. 796
- La pyramide à travers les âges art et religions, Presses de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France), ISBN 2859781668, 1991
- Le mystère des pyramides, Presses de la Cité, Paris (France), ISBN 2258023688, 1988
- Le mécanisme d'ouverture de la pyramide de Kheops, Editions lulu.com, France (France), 2009
- Le mécanisme secret de la grande pyramide d'Egypte, Editions le temps présent, France (France), ISBN 235185019X
- Ägypten - Kunst und Architektur, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829026331, 2001; pp. 158-161
- Soaring toward the Heavens, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", November 2004, n. 11 v. 74
- Program Management B.C., in "Civil Engineering Magazine", June 1999, n. 6 v. 69
- Khufu and Kukulcán, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", April 2004, n. 4 v. 74
- Pyramide de Kheops, in "Arts & Métiers Magazine", September 2005, n. 285
- Architecture, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs (USA), ISBN 0130447021, 1986; pp. 56-57
- Giza. Le plateau des pyramides, in "Dossiers d'Archéologie", March - April 1990, n. 146-147
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000997 |
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| Created: | 30/09/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |