Wednesday, 17 December 2008

7 facts about the great pyramid

Another submission from my Dad for today's submission day posting. Thanks Dad :D
  1. Approximate weight of stone = 57 million tons
  2. Approximate number of blocks = 23 million
  3. Average block weight = 2.5 tons
  4. Weight of largest block = 15 tons
  5. Approximate dimension of base = 756 feet on a side
  6. Area of base = 13.1 acres
  7. Original height = 481.4 feet
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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous17 December 2008 at 21:16

    Those aliens sure knew how to build them :p

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