الأحد، 29 أبريل 2012

Khufu’s pyramid complex

Khufu’s pyramid complex consists of a Valley Temple, now buried beneath the village of Nazlet el-Samman; basalt paving and nummulitic limestone walls have been found but the site has not been excavated.
The Valley Temple was connected to a causeway which was largely destroyed when the village was
constructed.
The Causeway led to the Mortuary Temple of Khufu.
From this temple only the basalt pavement remains. The mortuary temple was connected to the king’s pyramid.
The king’s pyramid has three smaller queen’s pyramids associated with it and five boat pits. 
The boat pits contain a ship, and the two pits on the south side of the pyramid still contained intact ships.
One of these ships has been restored and is on display.
Khufu's Pyramid maintains a limited collection of casing stones at its base.
These casing stones were made of fine white limestone quarried from the nearby Muqattam range

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