The largest mausoleum in the world is pyramid of khufu.

There are many places in the world for people to explore mysteries, many of which are revealed by archaeologists. Then do you know the name of the largest mausoleum in the world, and how much land does its height and area occupy? Let's have a look!

The largest mausoleum in the world is pyramid of khufu.

Pyramid of khufu (the original height was146.59m, but now it is136.5m due to the peeling of the top).

Pyramid of khufu is the largest pyramid in Egypt. Tower height146.59m. Due to years of weathering, the top of the tower has peeled off 10 m, and now it is 136.5 m high, which is equivalent to the height of 40 floors. The tower is composed of 2.3 million boulders with different sizes, ranging from 1.5 tons to 160 tons. The total weight of the tower is about 6.84 million tons, and its scale is the largest among more than 70 pyramids discovered in Egypt so far.

This is almost a solid boulder. The crowd dragged these huge stones up along the spiral ascending passage inside the pyramid and piled them up layer by layer. /kloc-more than 0/100,000 craftsmen spent about 20 years completing this human miracle.

Statistics of pyramid of khufu

Pyramid of khufu is located in the Giza Highland, about100km southwest of Cairo, the Egyptian capital. Pyramid of khufu is the largest existing pyramid in Egypt and is known as one of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World". Among the 96 pyramids that have been discovered in Egypt, the three generations of pyramids in Giza-pyramid of khufu, Khafra and Menkoala-are the oldest pyramids.

Pyramid of khufu was built during the reign of Khufu, the second Pharaoh of the fourth Egyptian dynasty (about 2670 BC), and is considered as a mausoleum built by Khufu for himself. In ancient Egypt, every Pharaoh began to build a mausoleum for himself from the day he ascended the throne, in order to turn it over to the gods after death. The four slopes of the Great Pyramid of Khufu face east, south, west and north respectively, and the error is less than three points of the arc. The original length of the bottom was 230 meters, but now it is shortened to 227 meters due to the limestone falling off the outer layer of the tower, and the inclination angle is 5 1.52 minutes. The tower height used to be 146.59 meters, but now it is 136.5 meters, which is equivalent to a 40-story skyscraper. The bottom of the tower is square. The whole pyramid is built on a huge convex rock, covering an area of about 52,900 square meters and a volume of about 2.6 million cubic meters. Its four sides face southeast, northwest and four directions respectively. (fortune telling)

It is estimated that each stone used to build the pyramids weighs about 2.5 tons, and a total of 2.3 million such boulders are needed. If loaded by train, these stones can hold more than 600 thousand wagons.

The Origin of pyramid of khufu Construction

At that time, the Nile flooded every year and flooded the fields for 3-4 months. Farmers and laborers could not farm, so they found jobs to build graves. The project to build the pyramids may take 30 years. Due to the influence of the Egyptians' view of life and death and belief in the sun god, it is believed that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day, just like being born in the east and dying in the west every day, so the pyramid was built in the west of the Nile. The construction of pyramids reflects people's consciousness gained from the seasonal cycle and the life and death cycle of crops in the pure farming era. The ancient Egyptians believed that the soul would not die after death, and as long as the body was protected, it would be resurrected in the eternal paradise 300 years later, so they paid special attention to the construction of tombs.

In 26 13 BC, the Pharaoh Khufu of the fourth dynasty of Egypt ascended the throne. He wanted to live in a big mausoleum after his death, so he decided to build the biggest pyramid. This is pyramid of khufu.

The geographical location of pyramid of khufu.

96 pyramids have been discovered in Egypt, the largest of which is located in Giza, a suburb of Cairo. The pyramids are tombs built by the kings of ancient Egypt for themselves. The Great Pyramid is the tomb of Khufu, the second king of the fourth dynasty. It was built around 2690 BC and its original height was 146.5 meters. Due to years of weathering, its top has peeled off10m, and now its height is136.5m.. Each side of the base is more than 230 meters long, the slope of the triangular surface is 5 1 degree, and the bottom area of the tower is 52,900 square meters. The tower consists of 2.3 million stones, each weighing an average of 2.5 tons. It is said that it took 65438+ ten thousand people 20 years to build it. The passage inside the pyramid is open to the outside world. The paragraphs are exquisitely designed and calculated, which is amazing.