Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
They built a pyramid 6 metres (20 ft) high by 9 metres (30 ft) wide, consisting of a total of 162 cubic metres (5,700 cu ft), or about 405 tons. It was made out of 186 stones weighing an average of 2.2 tons each. Twelve quarrymen carved 186 stones in 22 days, and the structure was erected using 44 men.
The Labyrinth of Egypt was notably described by the Ancient Greek author Herodotus, who claimed in Book II of his Histories that the structure's greatness surpassed that of the Egyptian pyramids. The first major historian to discuss the labyrinth was the Greek author Herodotus (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC), who, in Book II of his Histories, wrote ...
The Herodotus Machine was a machine described by Herodotus. According to Herodotus, this invention enabled the ancient Egyptians to construct the pyramids by allowing workers to lift heavy building materials. Herodotus is believed to have encountered the device while traveling through Egypt. With limited reference and no true schematics, this ...
A drawing of the ruins made by Karl Richard Lepsius in 1849. The first mention of the statues can be found in the work of the Greek historian Herodotus (fl. 5th century BC), [4] [2] who claims in his Histories that "in the centre [of Lake Moeris] there stand two pyramids, rising to the height of fifty fathoms above the surface of the water, and extending as far beneath, crowned each of them ...
Giza pyramid complex. The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC.
Greece. The Histories (Greek: Ἱστορίαι, Historíai; [a] also known as The History[1]) of Herodotus is considered the founding work of history in Western literature. [2] Although not a fully impartial record, it remains one of the West's most important sources regarding these affairs. Moreover, it established the genre and study of ...
The Great Pyramid of Giza[a] is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It served as the tomb of pharaoh Khufu, who ruled during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Built c. 2600 BC, [3] over a period of about 26 years, [4] the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact.
Theodorus (brother) Panyassis (uncle or cousin) Herodotus[a] (Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, romanized: Hēródotos; c. 484 – c. 425 BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.