Great Pyramid of Giza
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The Great Pyramid of Giza (2650 BC) is the largest and oldest of the Great Pyramids of Egypt, and is believed to have been the final resting place of the Egyptian pharoah Khufu, although his remains were never located. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and is the only member of that list that is still largely intact.
The structure It originally stood 481 feet high and was the tallest structure on Earth until the nineteenth century AD. It consists of approximately 2 million blocks of stone, each weighing more than two tons. Each side of the pyramid measures 751 feet across, and the lengths of the sides vary less than .1%. Each corner of the pyramid is precisely lined up with cardinal directions of the compass.[1]
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