Mysterious pyramids of Egypt

which basis — a polygon, and other sides — the triangles having the general top.
The pyramid is a special case of a cone.
The pyramid is called correct if her basis is the regular polygon, and the top is projected in the center of the basis.

riddles to this day. Amazing discoveries are made by scientists and presently on the Egyptian lands, mainly, in its temples and tombs. However, pyramids – the mountains created artificially storing tombs of ancient Egyptian tsars under the arches were and remain a unique miracle of Egypt. Among lifeless sands of the desert, a pyramid strike with the severity of outlines, the sizes. Being at the bottom of a pyramid, itself can't even imagine how these huge, enormous stone mountains were created by hands of people. It is surprising that pyramids from separate the of stone blocks are put.
Thousands of hands of dependent slaves, Egyptians created these huge stone constructions which had to hide the mummified bodies of the Egyptian tsars under the arches. Tombs chained in themselves immortal spirits of the Pharaohs once governing on the Egyptian lands forever.

deceased
Sphinx

Great pyramid of Cheops found the wooden Solar boat. For what it was is created it is unknown. Judging by the silt traces found on it shortly before the death of the Pharaoh she swam across Neil. On beliefs of Egyptians, by such boat the Pharaoh after death could travel around the sky together with god of the sun of Ra for this reason the boat is called "solar".

except for the funeral cameras conducting to them corridors and narrow air shafts and also unloading cameras over the so-called "camera of the tsar". Its length — 10,5 m, width — 5,3 m and height — 5,8 m. It is laid out from granite and has no jewelry. In this camera the huge empty granite sarcophagus without cover is placed. Other funeral camera located below traditionally is called "the queen's camera".

main pyramid.
It consisted of two parts: external (with entrance gate and the yard surrounded with columns) and internal (with niches for the Pharaoh's statues).
From the temple deceased the long road conducted to Neil.
Here the temple with the mooring for vessels was situated on the bank of the river, in it deceased embalmed.
Ruins of the temple of deceased were found in 1939.

represents the lion lying on sand with the head of the person. A problem of the Sphinx — to protect the place of burial of the Pharaoh. The headdress of the Sphinx is similar to a headdress of Pharaohs. Once the Sphinx even carried a regal beard of Pharaoh.

best-known of them — a pyramid of Giza: Great pyramid of Cheops, Hefren's pyramid and Mikerin's pyramid.
The largest of them — the Great pyramid of the Pharaoh Cheops.
Its height: 137 m (originally 146 m).
Length of a side side: 230,4 m.
Volume of stone weight: 2,5 million m ³.
Weight: . 7 million t.
Number of stone blocks: 2,3 million.
Average weight of the stone block: 2,5 t (there are blocks weighing 15 t).
Exits from mines of Great pyramid of Cheops have orientation to constellations Orion, Sirius, Big and Small Dipper that, undoubtedly, makes secret sense.
Great pyramid of Cheops has big the area the reasons on which with ease five largest cathedrals of the world could be placed at the same time: St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, St. Paul's Cathedral and the Westminster abbey in London and also the Florentine and Milan cathedrals.