What Is Not True About The Great Pyramids At Gizeh

This limestone was so polished that the pyramids actually reflected the sun s rays.

The great pyramid of giza also known as the pyramid of khufu or the pyramid of cheops is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the giza pyramid complex bordering present day giza in greater cairo egypt it is the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world and the only one to remain largely intact. The great pyramid of giza was such a masterplan of ancient construction that for 3 800 years the great pyramid remained the tallest structure erected on the surface of the planet. Its also not the oldest although it is the largest and tallest. Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb for the fourth.

However despite being one of the largest pyramids in the world there are even larger pyramids than that of pharaoh khufu. In fact according to on the go tours all the pyramids of giza including the great pyramid were once white. But around one hundred years before the pyramid attributed to khufu was built a pharaoh called djoser commissioned the first pyramid in egypt. The great pyramid of giza was not the first pyramid built in egypt.