3. What is it made of/ how much
supplies did they use.
• The outside was covered in white
limestone.
• Ramps were made of mud brick, limestone
chips and clay.
• About 2.3 million stone blocks, weighing on
average 2.5-15 tons each.
Mud bricks
White limestone
4. Who built them.
• For about 20 years hundreds
of men worked on the
pyramid.
• If the men worked on the
pyramid for 20 years that
would equal 7,300 days of
work.
• That would be 172,200 hours
of work on the pyramid.
5. The block on top of the pyramid
• On the top of the pyramid is a
block shaped like it, they
believe that the block is
covered with either gold or
electrum.
• It is said to be the most
important part of the pyramid
and gives the pyramid its
actual mean.
6. Pyramid
• The pyramid covers about 13
acres.
• Construction started on 2560
BC and it opened in 2540 BC.
7. The Pyramid was built as a tomb for the
pharaoh Khufu. The pyramid used to
have all the treasures that Khufu would
take with him to the afterlife.
Why it was built.
