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The great pyramids of Egypt now stand a full 3 miles south
of the spot where they were originally built. That's how much
the earth's surface has shifted in the last 4500 years. |
The three pyramids of Giza do in fact match the belt of Orion,
but they did not when the pyramids were built. It seems that
the Egyptians built the pyramids to resemble today's belt of
Orion. |
All of the signifigant major pyramids were built over a time
period of about 200 years. A new one was well underway before
the previous one was completed. It amounted to keeping a more
or less constant work force busy the year around for the 200
years. |
The Egyptian Pyramids were not made from cut stone. The blocks
were poured in place using crushed, local limestone and a 'geopolymer'
- a cement that is better than most known today. The largest
was built in 20 years using an estimated 14,000 workers. |
The biggest Pyramid in the world is not in Egypt. It's actually
about sixty miles southeast of Mexico City, Mexico. It covers
more than forty acres and the largest Egyptian Pyramid, The
Great Pyramid at Giza, covers about 13 acres. |
The Great Pyramid at Giza in Egypt, constructed around 2500
B.C., was the tallest building in the world until the Eiffel
Tower was erected in 1889. |
More than 14 million sandstone blocks make up the pyramids
which were originally covered in limestone. Funilly enough
this limestone wasn't stolen but used by the native egyptians
as building material.
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