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How the Ancient Egyptians Built the Original Skyscrapers with Data

by Ayswarrya4mAugust 17th, 2019
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The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu) is 481 feet (146.6 meters) or 280 Egyptian royal cubits of breathtaking stonework. It is made up of more than 2.3 million massive stones weighing anywhere between 3 and 90 tons each. The Egyptians determined the ideal amount of water to be poured (2% of volume) and the exact ratio of the sand-to-sand ratio (by experimenting and documenting their findings)

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