The Great Pyramid Of Giza The great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for Egyptian King Khufu and is known as the Pyramid of Khufu. The great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for Egyptian King Khufu and is known as the Pyramid of Khufu. All the slaves worked on the Pyramid seven days a week for twenty-three years. It was the tallest structure in the world for about 4,000 years. It stands at 449.5ft tall, but has lost (31ft) due to erosion. The Pyramid weighs nearly 6.5 million tons. The base of the Pyramid is a square with each side measuring (756ft). It can fit nearly 10 football fields, which is about thirteen acres. Each side has an area of 5.5acres. The construction started in 2,540 B.C. and took twenty three
