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    The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt was built around 2560 BC as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu. It took over 20 years and tens of thousands of workers to construct the pyramid out of over 2 million stone blocks, some weighing up to 80 tons. The pyramid stood as the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years at an original height of 450 feet.

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt was built around 2560 BC as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu. It took over 20 years and tens of thousands of workers to construct the pyramid out of over 2 million stone blocks, some weighing up to 80 tons. The pyramid stood as the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years at an original height of 450 feet.

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    The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt was built around 2560 BC as a tomb for the Pharaoh Khufu. It took over 20 years and tens of thousands of workers to construct the pyramid out of over 2 million stone blocks, some weighing up to 80 tons. The pyramid stood as the tallest structure in the world for over 3,800 years at an original height of 450 feet.

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    Egyptian Pyramids

    The Great Pyramid at Giza is one of the world's most amazing landmarks.
    Rising high above the Sahara Desert in the Giza region of northern Egypt,
    the Great Pyramid stands some 450 feet into the burning desert sky and
    occupies an area of 13 acres. The rough climate of the Sahara has actually
    caused the pyramid to shrink 30 feet from its original height.

    The pyramid was such an amazing feat of engineering, that it remained


    the tallest structure in the world for over 3800 years! The entire pyramid
    was orginally faced with polished limestone to make it shine brilliantly in
    the sun. Most Egyptologists, scientists who study ancient Egypt, agree that
    the Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BC, a little more than 4,500
    years ago. It took tens of thousands of workers twenty years to build. The
    pyramid contains over two million stone blocks. Although most of the
    blocks weigh two or three tons, some weigh up to 80 tons!

    The Great Pyramid of Giza was ordered built by the Pharaoh Khufu as a
    magnificent tomb. His vizier (advisor) Hemon is credited with being the
    pyramid's architect. Khufu's pyramid is actually part of a complex of
    pyramids that includes the Pyramid of Khafre, the smaller Pyramid of
    Menkaure, a variety of smaller pyramids and structures, and the Great
    Sphinx. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the last remaining of the Seven
    Wonders of the World.
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    The palace took 36,000 workers fifty years to build. The palace is spread
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