The Pyramid of Khafre - is the second largest Pyramid of the Giza Pyramid Complex, after the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The internal chambers of the Pyramid of Khafre were discovered in 1818 by Italian explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni. He was the the first one, who found the entrance in our times and documented it. How many people entered the Pyramid before him in more ancient times - remains unknown... His autograph can still be found on the south wall of the "Burial Chamber."
The base of the Pyramid - 215,3 × 215,3 m
Height (original) - 143.5 m
Total volume - 2,211,096 m ³
Slope of the sides - 53 ° 10
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Interior of the Pyramid of Khafre.
The width of the granite portcullis at the end of the Descending Passage - 30 cm
The width of the portcullis niche - 34 cm
The slope of the Descending Passage - 22.7 degrees
The width of the Descending Passage - 1,054 m
The width of the Passage, leading to the Burial Chamber - 1,051 m
The slope of the Passage, leading to the Burial Chamber - 18,5-20 degrees.
The slope of the Ascending Passage - 23-24 degrees
The width of the Ascending Passage - 1,058 m
The radiation levels in the niche, next to the Burial Chamber - 3 mR / h
The cross section of the horizontal Passage - 1.058 x 1.80 m
The height of the walls of the Burial Chamber - 5.26 m
The height of the Burial Chamber in the middle - 6,836 m
The width of the Burial Chamber 4,975 / 4,983 / 4,983 m (three measurements were taken)
The length of the Burial Chamner - 14.16 m
The floor diviation of the Burial Chamber: 35 cm (near the entrance) and 55 cm (near the sarcofagus) The deviation is caused by the removal of granite blocks of the floor casing
