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THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA
Fotini Katsamboula
Vasilis Panagou
Photini Katsamboula
One of the seven wonders of ancient world are
the pyramids of Egypt.
Every year, many tourists visit the pyramids because they want to learn about
their history, their scaling, their descending passage and their hieroglyphics.
All of these things make the tourists feel very curious about how people were
able to make these famous and interesting wonders. The most famous pyramid
is “THE GREAT PYRAMID”.
The Sphinx is one of the sights of Egypt. She is made from
limestone and she has the head of one Pharaoh who wears all the regal jewellery
and the body of a lion. The Sphinx was made in 2558-2535 B.C. The total height
is 20 m. His head has 6 m width and the body has 57 m. length. The large
corrosion and the decomposition of Sphinx are owed at the poor quality of rock
and at the weather conditions. The director of Sphinx is Dr.Zahi Hawass. He said
in his interview that it is very interesting and amazing how the passages and
the rooms are.
The hieroglyphics of Sphinx are the most difficult and
interesting hieroglyphics of all the pyramids. Because they can’t
be understood. The most famous
hieroglyphics are: 1) the eyes which are likened to the eyes of the Pharaoh. 2)
the cane of Pharaoh which is likened to the power of Pharaoh. The most famous
and brilliant hieroglyphics
are in the room of the sarcophagus of Sphinx.
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Vasilis Panagou
The
Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
Great Pyramid of Giza is the only remaining monument of the Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World. This Ancient Egyptian necropolis consists of the Pyramid
of Khufu (known as the Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Cheops), the somewhat
smaller Pyramid of Khafre a few hundred meters to the south-west, and the
relatively modest-size Pyramid of Menkaure a few hundred metres further
south-west, along with a number of smaller satellite edifices, known as "queens"
pyramids, causeways and valley pyramids. The Great Sphinx lies on the east side
of the complex, facing east. Current consensus among
Egyptologists is that the head of the Great Sphinx is that of Khafre.
Only Menkaure's Pyramid is seen today without any of its
original polished limestone casing, with Khafre's Pyramid retaining a prominent
display of casing stones at its apex, while Khufu's Pyramid maintains a more
limited collection at its base. Khafre's Pyramid appears larger than the
adjacent Khufu Pyramid by virtue of its more elevated location, and the steeper
angle of inclination of its construction – it is, in fact, smaller in both
height and volume.
A Sphinx is a zoomorphic mythological figure which is
depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head. It has its origins in sculpted
figures of Old Kingdom Egypt, to which the ancient Greeks applied their own name
for a female monster, the "strangler", an archaic figure of Greek mythology.
The largest and most famous is the Great Sphinx of Giza, sited at the Giza
Plateau on the west bank of the Nile River and facing due east, is also from the
same dynasty. Although the date of its construction is uncertain, the head of
the Great Sphinx now is believed to be that of the pharaoh Khafra.
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