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Each stone block in the Great Pyramid of Giza weighs around 2.5 tons (2.26 tonnes). Approximately how many were needed to create this pyramid?

Question #149171. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Mar 20 2023.
Originally posted Mar 20 2023 8:00 PM.

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Based on the dimensions it is estimated that 2.3 million stone blocks were used to build the Great Pyramid. If they worked on the pyramid nonstop for 20 years (like Herodotus suggests) it would have required 315 blocks a day to be placed on the pyramid!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/giza-pyramids#:~:text=Its%20estimated%202.3%20million%20stone,of%202.5%20to%2015%20tons.

Mar 20 2023, 8:04 PM

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Each stone block in the Great Pyramid of Giza weighs around 2.5 tons (2.26 tonnes). Approximately how many were needed to create this pyramid?

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