What was the reason for the Great Pyramid?

Also, the answer that claims that there were never any mummies found in the pyramids is a false claim. There are numerous pyramids in Egypt, not just the great 3. Many very small ones dot the landscape. The design of the Egyptian pyramid is actually the culmination of an evolution in tomb building. read more

Note some of the smaller "Wives" pyramids surrounding the Great Pyramids. Many items that did survive are the things found in most ancient royal tombs. A boat, or barge, had been buried next to the Khufu pyramid for the king's use in the afterlife. read more

The reason for the high humidity is the fact that the Pyramid limestone is unique and predates the Great Flood of Noah. Dr. Luis Alvarez and the search for the hidden chambers!! Nobel Prize winning "scientist" Dr. Luis Alvarez was given the task of x-raying the pyramids at Giza to find hidden chambers. read more

(In Vyse, Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, Vol. II, p. 329) Most Egyptologists also believe that the pyramids were meant to serve as tombs for the pharaohs. There are many reasons why they hold this to be true. One is that the pyramid structure represents just one point in the long continuum of the evolution of tomb design. read more

Apocryphal tales of pyramid riches abound, such as Masoudi's description of early plunderers of the Great Pyramid: "They also discovered, in a large hall, a quantity of golden coins put up in columns, every piece of which was of the weight of 1,000 dinars [c. 9 lbs. or 4 kg.]. read more