Visualization of the Giza necropolis as it would have appeared just after the completion of the last pyramid, sometime around 2800 BCE, looking west a few hours after dawn.
The Giza pyramid’s smooth casings of polished limestone and gold-plated pyramidions make the tombs significantly larger than they appear today. Placed without any gaps for thermal expansion, the casing on Khufu’s Great pyramid, seen on the right, will begin to crack after a few decades.
Earthquakes, architectural robbery and deliberate damage over the following millennia will hasten the process of destruction, reducing the pyramids to the state they are seen in today.
Hidden below the peaks of the dunes are the Sphinx and associated mortuary temples together with the worker city to the south, abandoned now that the decades-long construction project is finally complete.
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Show moreVisualization of the Giza necropolis as it would have appeared just after the completion of the last pyramid, sometime around 2800 BCE, looking west a few hours after dawn.
The Giza pyramid’s smooth casings of polished limestone and gold-plated pyramidions make the tombs significantly larger than they appear today. Placed without any gaps for thermal expansion, the casing on Khufu’s Great pyramid, seen on the right, will begin to crack after a few decades.
Earthquakes, architectural robbery and deliberate damage over the following millennia will hasten the process of destruction, reducing the pyramids to the state they are seen in today.
Hidden below the peaks of the dunes are the Sphinx and associated mortuary temples together with the worker city to the south, abandoned now that the decades-long construction project is finally complete.
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