Pyramids Of Egypt

             math and science to build these amazing structures. The.
             blocks used to build the pyramids are composed of granite.
             and or limestone; each single block has an estimated weight of.
             approximately two and a half tons. Each block would to have.
             been quarried or cut, and then hauled to the work site, and.
             eventually placed in the correct position. The Egyptians had.
             an amazing understanding of math, which helped them plan the.
             erection of the pyramid, but the only driving force behind.
             them was manpower. The actual people who built the.
             pyramids were all voluntary workers; they were not slaves.
             contrary to popular belief. New archaeological evidence.
             shows that those who dragged and laid these two and a half.
             ton granite slabs were condemned to an early grave, and they.
             died with deformed bones and broken limbs. An Egyptian.
             excavation recently uncovered the burial ground of hundreds.
             of workers who helped to build the great pyramid for King.
             Cheops 4500 years ago. Originally over one hundred and forty.
             six meters high, it is the tallest of the three famous pyramids at.
             Giza near the Nile delta. The workers burial ground is one.
             kilometer west of the pyramid, close to their living quarters.
             Zahi Hawass, the Egyptian archaeologist leading the.
             excavation says that most of the workers skeletons have.
             abnormal outgrowths known as osteophytes, which are.
             caused by chronic heavy labor. The joints of numerous bones.
             show wear and tear and many bodies have damaged spines.
             Six skeletons have severed limbs or splintered feet. Workers.
             died on average between the ages of thirty and thirty-five,.