Editing Great Pyramid of Giza (section)

==== Sarcophagus ====
[[File:Chambre-roi-grande-pyramide.jpg|thumb|Sarcophagus in the King's Chamber]]
The only surviving object in the King's Chamber is a [[sarcophagus]] made of a single, hollowed-out granite block. When it was rediscovered in the [[Early Middle Ages]], it was found broken open and any contents had already been removed. It is of the form common for early Egyptian sarcophagi, rectangular in shape with grooves to slide the now missing lid into place with three small holes for pegs to fix it.{{sfn|Petrie|1883|p=84}}{{sfn|Maragioglio|Rinaldi|1965a|p=50}} The coffer was not perfectly smoothed, displaying tool marks matching those of copper saws and tubular hand-drills.{{sfn|Stocks|2003}}

The internal dimensions of the sarcophagus are roughly {{Convert|198|cm|ft|abbr=on}} by {{Convert|68|cm|ft|abbr=in}}, the external {{Convert|228|cm|ft|abbr=on}} by {{Convert|98|cm|ft|abbr=on}}, with a height of {{Convert|105|cm|ft|abbr=on}}. The walls have a thickness of about {{Convert|15|cm|ft|abbr=on}}. The sarcophagus is too large to fit around the corner between the Ascending and Descending Passages, which indicates that it must have been placed in the chamber before the roof was put in place.{{sfn|Maragioglio|Rinaldi|1965a|p=52}}