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Great Pyramid of Giza (Pyramid of Khufu)

The tomb built for the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu on the Giza plateau, and the only one of the seven ancient wonders still standing.

30.0, 31.1 · exact · c. 26th century BCE – present

Lines mark links and orders the records assert; no path between any two places is recorded, and none is drawn.

comparable to Burj Khalifa — Each was the tallest structure of its era and each names what its society thought worth the effort - one a tomb enclosing almost no usable space, the other rentable floor area.
uses Corbelling (the false arch and false dome) — The Grand Gallery is roofed by corbelling and the burial chamber is relieved by stacked chambers and a corbelled gable, because no spanning device was available.
sole survivor of The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — It is the only entry on the ancient canon that still stands, and it predates the other six by roughly two thousand years.

pyramid tomb

The tomb built for the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu on the Giza plateau, and the only one of the seven ancient wonders still standing.

30.0, 31.1 · exact · c. 26th century BCE – present

Lines mark links and orders the records assert; no path between any two places is recorded, and none is drawn.

comparable to Burj Khalifa — Each was the tallest structure of its era and each names what its society thought worth the effort - one a tomb enclosing almost no usable space, the other rentable floor area.
uses Corbelling (the false arch and false dome) — The Grand Gallery is roofed by corbelling and the burial chamber is relieved by stacked chambers and a corbelled gable, because no spanning device was available.
sole survivor of The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — It is the only entry on the ancient canon that still stands, and it predates the other six by roughly two thousand years.