The Pyramids at Giza: How Were They Constructed?
The mystery of the Great Pyramids have baffled historians for many years, and still to this day there is not one absolute conclusive theory on how the ancient Egyptians managed to build these amazing structures. The facts regarding the Great Pyramids at Giza are staggering. Built nearly 4000 years ago and towering nearly 480 feet high, the pyramids were all constructed with stone block. Approximately 2.3 million blocks of stone were used, weighing around 6.5 million tons (History.com, 2009). All of this was done without modern machinery, and would have been done by hand. This is extremely hard to Continue reading...
