How tall is the Great Pyramid at Giza?
The Great Pyramid at Giza is “the largest and oldest” of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was originally roughly 146 meters tall (481 feet). However it has “lost about 10 meters in height over the millennia.” Now it stands at the height of approximately 139 (455 feet.) https://www.thoughtco.com/how-tall-was-the-great-pyramid-118066 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
2. How many blocks of stone are in the Great Pyramid?
The Great Pyramid at Giza incorporates 2.3 million stones, weighing from 2.5 to 15 tons. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pokhufu.html 3. Why was the Great Pyramid built.
The Great Pyramid was built by Khufu, second ruler of the 4th dynasty of Egypt, as a burial place to bury the King. The pyramid actually has three burial chambers: the first is underground carved into bedrock; the second is above ground, and though it was given the name the Queen's chamber, archaeologists believe it was to house a sacred …show more content…
Where was the Temple of Artemis built?
The Temple of Artemis was built in the ancient city of Ephesus, near the current town of Selcuk, approximately 50 kns south of the modern port of Izmir in Turkey. https://www.dawn.com/news/736044
13. Why was the temple built?
The temple was built to honour the ephesus goddess Artemis the goddess of fertility, and was sometimes known as Diana. As such, she was different from the olympian goddess Artemis the goddess of hunting, the wilderness, wild animals, and childbirth (fertility) and the protector of girls from birth to their marriage. The Temple was both a religious temple and a marketplace, attracting many pilgrims, merchants, tourists and kings. It was also built on the edge of the Greek empire so was also there as a statement to Greece's greatness and power. http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Artemis.html http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/paganism/artemis.html
14. Describe the
The Great Pyramid at Giza is “the largest and oldest” of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was originally roughly 146 meters tall (481 feet). However it has “lost about 10 meters in height over the millennia.” Now it stands at the height of approximately 139 (455 feet.) https://www.thoughtco.com/how-tall-was-the-great-pyramid-118066 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza
2. How many blocks of stone are in the Great Pyramid?
The Great Pyramid at Giza incorporates 2.3 million stones, weighing from 2.5 to 15 tons. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pokhufu.html 3. Why was the Great Pyramid built.
The Great Pyramid was built by Khufu, second ruler of the 4th dynasty of Egypt, as a burial place to bury the King. The pyramid actually has three burial chambers: the first is underground carved into bedrock; the second is above ground, and though it was given the name the Queen's chamber, archaeologists believe it was to house a sacred …show more content…
Where was the Temple of Artemis built?
The Temple of Artemis was built in the ancient city of Ephesus, near the current town of Selcuk, approximately 50 kns south of the modern port of Izmir in Turkey. https://www.dawn.com/news/736044
13. Why was the temple built?
The temple was built to honour the ephesus goddess Artemis the goddess of fertility, and was sometimes known as Diana. As such, she was different from the olympian goddess Artemis the goddess of hunting, the wilderness, wild animals, and childbirth (fertility) and the protector of girls from birth to their marriage. The Temple was both a religious temple and a marketplace, attracting many pilgrims, merchants, tourists and kings. It was also built on the edge of the Greek empire so was also there as a statement to Greece's greatness and power. http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Artemis.html http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/paganism/artemis.html
14. Describe the