The+Great+Pyramid+of+Giza

Fun Facts The pyramid is estimated to have about 2,300,000 stone blocks weighing from 2-30 Tons each with some weighing as much as 70 tons
 * The dimensions of The Great Pyramid of Giza is 756 feet long
 * The shape is a square pyramid.
 * The leader of the country at the time of construction was King Khufu
 * The influence was to hold the king's dead body.
 * Time frame that is was the tallest building 2,560 B.C- 1311 A.D
 * The time frame for the Great Pyramid of Giza is 2,560- present.
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 * The workers used to build it were servents.
 * It costs 3 billion euros to build.
 * Tourists occupy it
 * It is 43,560square ft
 * Visitors will need a passport for this trip. First time applicants will pay **$100** per adult and **$85** per child under age 16. Thirty-day tourist visas are available at Egypt airports for **$15**.
 * Yes you can visit this location

There is so much stone mass in the pyramid that the interior temperature is constant and equals the average temperature of the earth, 20 Degrees Celsius (68 Degrees Fahrenheit).

Two types of limestone were used for construction. A soft limestone either pure or nummulitic was used for the bulk of the core blocks and a hard white limestone for the mantle. Hard limestone becomes more polished with age.

The base of the pyramid covers 55,000m2 (592,000 ft2) with each side greater than 20,000m2 (218,000 ft2) in area.

Its polished surfaces would have reflected light like a beacon.

With the mantle in place, the Great Pyramid could be seen from the mountains in Israel and probably the moon as well.

There are no hieroglyphics or writing in the Great Pyramid.

The cornerstone foundations of the pyramid have ball and socket construction capable of dealing with heat expansion and earthquakes.

The Great Pyamid played in a part in Transformers 2 it held the machine thingy.

By: Matt and Logan