What’s inside a pyramid?

At the same time as pyramids were, for the most part, tombs for the Pharaohs of Egypt, one must nevertheless question the cause that Egyptian rulers chose this exacting shape, and for that matter, why they build them so large. At the moment, we consider that they choose the shape in order to mimic the Benben, a pyramid shaped stone establish in the first of temples, which itself is thought to represent the primordial mound from which the Egyptians supposed life emerged. This also linked the pyramid to Re, the Sun God, as it was he, according to some of the very old Egypt myths, who rose from the primordial mound to make life.

The interment chamber consists of an unfilled sarcophagus of size 7.3 ft by 3.75 ft with flat walls and a refined ceiling. The impressive Gallery rises slowly to the King’s Chamber with a step hall. This hall is 49 meters long and is 11 meters tall. The shafts are thought to have been built to allow air to go on into the King’s Chamber. This hall is located under the King’s assembly room and is smaller. Its name has falsely led citizens into believe that this room once held the mummy of a queen. This is consideration to be the oldest chamber in the pyramid. This hall was never fully completed and holds very small amount oxygen.