The pyramids of Giza were built using ramps and cranes to transport stone blocks to higher levels. Ramps reached platforms where cranes would turn blocks 90 degrees to proceed up the next ramp section. Internal tunnels and ramps were filled with rubble from construction. The Pyramid of Khafre at Giza featured a nearby Great Sphinx statue with the head of the pharaoh and body of a lion to guard the site.

1. EVOLUTION OF THE PYRAMIDS

5. CAUSEWAY TO THE MORTUARY
TEMPLE

10. THE PYRAMIDS OF GIZA

14. CAUSEWAY TO THE MORTUARY TEMPLE

16. ramp reached a corner, there would be a platform
and a crane, for turning the block of stone 90
degrees, so it could proceed up the next section
of ramp.
internal tunnels or ramps filled with rubble from
the building process.
Construction of the pyramid
Existing turning platform

21. PYRAMID OF KHAFRE

23. GREAT SPHINX OF CEPHREN –the colossal enigmatic monster
20m ht. ,face width-4.1m
Head of
cephren
Royal head
dress
Body of a
lion