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Located on the Giza Plateau, the Great Pyramid is believed to have been constructed during the Fourth Dynasty, for the Pharaoh Khufu. In 2013, a team of archaeologists discovered hundreds of papyrus fragments which detailed how the pyramid’s limestone blocks were transported by boat along the Nile and a system of canals to the construction site. But according to Greek historian Herodotus, that waterway continued into the pyramid.
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Located on the Giza Plateau, the colossal monument is believed to have been built during the Fourth Dynasty for the Pharaoh Khufu. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, it is the only one still largely intact and is believed to have been constructed more than 4,500 years ago. There are three known chambers inside – the lowest was cut into the bedrock upon which the pyramid was built and is believed to have been unfinished.
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Egypt’s Minister of Tourism Khaled al-Anani toured the new museum in Giza today, examining Tutankhamun’s treasure and the newly restored statue. He was accompanied by the project’s supervisor, Atef Moftah, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri, and Assistant Minister for Archaeological Affairs in the museum, Al Tayeb Abbas. The opening date of the new institution has been pushed back numerous times, most recently due to the pandemic, but it is now believed
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Cleopatra was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt and, after her death in 30BC, she became famous for her “surpassing beauty”. More recently, the memory of her looks has arguably been skewed by historical accounts of her famous seduction of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony – both powerful Roman leaders. After the Society of Antiquaries at Newcastle upon Tyne found a small coin of her, Professor Kevin Butcher claimed she looked “plain, even shrewish,” an