Pyramid of Chefren
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Pyramid
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| Function / usage: |
Mausoleum / tomb
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| Built: | 2558 B.C. - 2532 B.C. |
| Status: | in ruins |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Giza, Egypt, Africa |
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| Next to |
Pyramid of Cheops (2566 B.C.)
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| Coordinates: | 29° 58' 32.00" N 31° 7' 52.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 214.5 m | |
| height | 143.5 m | |
| length | 214.5 m |
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 Chephren in Gizeh
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BBC History: Building the Great Pyramid
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Les sept Merveilles du Monde: Les pyramides d'Egypte
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PBS Nova: Explore the Pyramids
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
- La pyramide à travers les âges art et religions, Presses de l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France), ISBN 2859781668, 1991
- Of Stones and Man, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon (United Kingdom), ISBN 0415364418, 0415383455, 1991
- Le mystère des pyramides, Presses de la Cité, Paris (France), ISBN 2258023688, 1988
- Ägypten - Kunst und Architektur, Könemann, Cologne (Germany), ISBN 3829026331, 2001; pp. 164
- Soaring toward the Heavens, in "Civil Engineering Magazine", November 2004, n. 11 v. 74
- 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: | s0000998 |
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| Created: | 30/09/2000 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |
