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Friday, April 3, 2009

Egypt: Let's talk Pyramids

The largest pyramid ever built is the Great Pyramid. It incorporates about 2.3 million stone blocks, weighing an average of 2.5 to 15 tons each. It is estimated that the workers would have had to set a block every two and a half minutes. How did they do it?





Archaeologists have been trying to solve the puzzle of where the possibly 100,000 laborers who built the pyramids lived. The settlement of the camps have been discovered, Bakeries have been found to feed the workers, as well as cemeteries, tools, hieroglyphic inscriptions, names of the craftsmen, overseers, inspectors, 25 unique new titles, and more. They even found 600 skeletons of Egyptians, some of which had emergency medical treatment having been injured while working on the pyramid. There is also evidence that these workers worked all year round, seeing that, according to their beliefs, they were assured a certain place in the afterlife. Their hard labor for their king and Pharaoh would also benefit the future and prosperity of Egypt as a whole.

They hauled these blocks with oxen and gangs of men.

"There is support (that) the builders of the pyramids were Egyptians. They are not the Jews as has been said, they are not people from a lost civilization. They are not out of space. They are Egyptian and their skeletons are here, and were examined by scholars, doctors and the race of all the people we found are completely supporting that they are Egyptians." -ZAHI HAWASS, Director General of Giza






Many tourists are drawn to the massive presence of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Great Pyramid of Cheops is the oldest and largest pyramid among the three pyramids of the Giza Necropolis. Originally standing at 481 ft high and covering an area of 13 acres of land, the Great Pyramid is 754 ft at base.

Enjoy the oldest wonder of the world. Before you go, eat a big healthy breakfast, wear comfortable shoes, sunscreen and bring your camera!

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