... you will see the daily struggles of an Egyptian worker. Not just any Egyptian worker but one that was the son of the man in command of the block draggers. It was their job to move the two and a half ton slabs of limestone from the quarries to the pyramid to be set in place. Most ... help. My father gave me specific instructions to lead my team in the transportation of ten stones. Each stone weighed approximately two and a half tons. My father had given me this task with some hesitation. After all, ten stones is what he commanded of his team. It was unusual for our team to move more than e...

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... Pyramid's features are so large they can be seen from the Moon. Its base covers 13.6 acres (equal to seven midtown Manhattan city blocks), each side being greater than five acres in area. A highway lane eight feet wide and four inches thick could be built from San Francisco to New York ... blocks are not immune to attack by the elements-wind, rain, and sandstorm.) This protective covering was made up of 100-inch-thick, 20-ton block of hard, white limestone, similar to marble but superior in hardness and in durability against the elements. The casing stones, 144,000 in all, were ... so ...

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