The Great Pyramid of GizaWho built the Great Pyramid?The Great Pyramid was built by the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu. Khufuwa was born in 2589 BC – 2566 BC. His real name was Khnum-khuf, which means “the god Khnum is his protection”. Khufuwa was the son of another great pyramid builder, King Sneferu. Khufu's mother's name was Hetepherus. Khufuwa was the second king of the 4th dynasty. The Greeks called Khufu Khufu. When and where was the Great Pyramid built? The Great Pyramid was built in the city of Giza, a resting place of ancient Memphis, and is today part of Greater Cairo, Egypt. This is why it is called the Great Pyramid of GIZA. It is near the west bank of the Nile. It was built around 2700 BC and its estimated completion date is 2680 BC. It took 100,000 oppressed slaves to build the pyramid. Fascinating Facts About the Great Pyramid of Giza Did you know that the Great Pyramid of Giza is thirty times larger than the Empire State Building! The Great Pyramid is so large that an eight-foot-wide, four-inch-thick highway lane could be built from San Francisco to New York and placed inside the Great Pyramid! To build the great pyramid they used limestone. Each block of limestone weighed between 2 and 15 tons. They used approximately 2,300,000 limestone blocks. Until the 19th century, it was the tallest building in the world and, at 4,500 years old, it is the only one of the famous “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” that still stands. All the blocks had to be cut, moved and put into place without any machinery, electricity, fossil fuels or metal tools. They had to use their hands and hand-made tools! Do... middle of paper... hey, they had the work of men who quarried stones or limestone, stone transporters, husk smoothers or bakers. Every job was important. If any of the work had not been done correctly, the Great Pyramid of Giza would not have turned out to be one of the great wonders of the world. Why was the Great Pyramid built? The Great Pyramid was built during the time of Khufu (2551 BC - 2528). BC). The Great Pyramid was built while Khufu was pharaoh. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built for Pharaoh Khufu to serve as his tomb when he died. Pharaoh Khufu may have built his pyramid as many other pyramids in the area were found to be burial chambers for the various kings of Egypt. The pyramid was where Pharaoh Khufu's body and belongings were placed, so it would be ready for the afterlife..