Pyramid of Giza, The Great

Pyramid of Giza, The Great
   This tomb was made for the Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu, and it is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It stands 147 meters (481 feet) high, and each side of the square base is 230 meters (756 feet) long. Made of almost 2,300,000 blocks of stone weighing between 13.6 and 1.4 metric tons (15 and 1.54 tons), with an average weight of 2.3 metric tons (2.5 tons).

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