Wonders of the Ancient World – Great Pyramid of Giza

the Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest
on the list of ancient world wonders and
is in fact the only one that still
stands today it was created in 25 50 BC
and it serves as the tomb of pharaoh
Khufu it is the largest of the three
pyramids in the Giza necropolis and it
borders what is now Cairo Egypt
different estimations exist on the
average size of the workforce as well as
how long it took to build the drape
pyramid it is said that it took between
10 and 20 years and anywhere between two
thousand three hundred thousand workers
have been estimated as the workforce for
the pyramid the pyramid consists of
approximately two million stones each
weighing more than two times it has been
suggested that all the stones in the
three pyramids would be enough to build
a 10 foot high wall all the way around
France different theories exists for how
the Great Pyramid was built however none
of these have been proven at 455 feet
the Great Pyramid was the tallest
structure in the world for 3800 years
until the Linton Cathedral was built