How is it possible that ancient Egyptians moved massive stones from quarries, both nearby and as far as 500 miles (History of Giza)? ... The base of the pyramid measures 13 square acres, 568,500 square feet, or seven city blocks. ...

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The Egyptians may have used simple tools such as square-levels and plumb lines, but still they were able to achieve an astonishing degree of accuracy. ... In addition, granite blocks that were used to line the burial chambers were brought from Aswan, 580 miles to the south. ...

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The casing stones, 144,000 in all, were so brilliant that they could literally be seen from the mountains of Israel hundreds of miles away. ... So the Pyramid is a square circle, and thus pi was designed into it 4,600 years ago. ...

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