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GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST OF THE THREE PYRAMIDS IN THE GIZA PYRAMID COMPLEX BORDERING WHICH IS NOW EI GIZA,EGYPT. EGYPTOLOGISTS BELIEVE THE PYRAMID WAS BUILT AS A TOMB FOR THE FOURTH DYNASTY EGYPTIAN PAHARAOH KHUFU.THEY TOOK ALMOST 20 YEARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. IT WAS ORIGINALLY 146.5 METERS TALL BUT WITH EROSION IT'S PRESENT HEIGHT IS 138.8 METERS.EACH BASE SIDE WAS 230.4 METERS LONG. THE ESTIMATED MASS OF THE PYRAMID IS 5.9 MILLION TONES.THE VOLUME,INCLUDING AN INTERNAL HILLOCK IS ROUGHLY 2500000 CUBIC METERS. BASED ON THESE ESTIMATES,BUILDING THE PYRAMID IN 20 YEARS WOULD INVOLVE INSTALLING APPROXIMATELY 800 TONES OF STONES EVERYDAY. ADDITIONALLY,SINCE IT CONSISTS OF AN ESTIMATED 2.3 MILLION BLOCKS,COMPLETING THE BUILDING IN ...