Ascending the Great Pyramid - Egypt, 1880 Photographer:
Félix Bonfils Ref:
SK01877
Believed to have been built by the pharaoh Khufu in 2560 BC and composed of roughly 2.3 million stones weighting at least 2 tons each, the Great Pyramid was the world’s tallest building for nearly 40 centuries. Requiring the labor of tens of thousands of men over a span of decades, it is still unknown how the stones were transported and put into place. Long drawn to the mystery of the pyramids, this image depicts 19th century visitors beginning their assent of the oldest (and only remaining) of the Seven Wonders of the World.
