![]() ![]() Primarily local limestone from the Giza Plateau was used. The outside layers were bound together by mortar. The majority of stones are not uniform in size or shape and are only roughly dressed. The Great Pyramid was built by quarrying an estimated 2.3 million large blocks weighing 6 million tonnes in total. ![]() The dimensions of the pyramid were 280 royal cubits (146.7 m 481.4 ft) high, a base length of 440 cubits (230.6 m 756.4 ft), with a seked of 5 + 1 / 2 palms (a slope of 51★0'40"). The base was measured to be about 230.3 metres (755.6 ft) square, giving a volume of roughly 2.6 million cubic metres (92 million cubic feet), which includes an internal hillock. What is seen today is the underlying core structure. ![]() Over time, most of the smooth white limestone casing was removed, which lowered the pyramid's height to the present 138.5 metres (454.4 ft). Initially standing at 146.6 metres (481 feet), the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. It is at the most Northern end of the line of the 3 Pyramids of Giza. It is the most famous monument of the Giza pyramid complex, in the Pyramid Fields of the Memphis and its Necropolis UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Giza, Egypt. Built in the early 26th century BC during a period of around 27 years, the pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid and the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu. Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur ![]()
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