among the wonders of the ancient world the Pyramids of Giza are undoubtedly the number one source of curiosity and fascination as foretold by the name they are located in Giza currently Egypt's third-largest city on the western bank of the Nile very close to the city of Cairo the country's capital located in necropolis of Giza the great pyramid stand out in the landscape the archaeological complex has several pyramids but three of them stand out the most the Pyramid of Cheops is the tallest with 146 meters the Pyramid of Khafre comes second with 143 meters while the Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest measuring 66 meters these massive buildings were edified as an internal resting place for the remains of the great Pharaohs of ancient Egypt the pyramids is construction occurred around 2500 BC and they were a symbol of the apex of the era of great Egyptian constructions the Pyramid of Cheops required about 300,000 stone blocks with 2 tons each in order to carry out such an effort more than 30,000 Egyptians worked in the most varied activities in addition to the workers who perform the manual tasks architects doctors and artists also worked on the construction site contrary to what had once been the most common opinion these colossal works were not built by slaves but by free men for the most part and they took 200 years to be completed the pyramids were built with four different types of stones alabaster basalt granite and limestone the majority of the material for the pyramids construction came from distinct quarries brought from ships sailing the Nile several hypotheses attempt to explain how the ancient Egyptians were able to build a work of that magnitude with such primitive technologies
that mystery is a fertile ground for all kinds of far-fetched ideas including the theory that the pyramids were built by aliens to conceive that such a word could only be an extraterrestrial effort is to underestimate the human capacity to invent solutions to all sorts of issues after their completion the Pyramids of Giza were quite different than what we were accustomed to since they were aligned by polished limestone the brightness of the white limestone pyramids could be spotted from afar however over the centuries this coating was removed from the pyramids and served other purposes likewise the treasures which has surely been buried with the Pharaohs disappeared as well next to the pyramids there is a large stone Sphinx carved to protect the necropolis it is the world's largest statue made from a single stone only the Pyramid of Cheops was considered the highest man-made building until the construction of the Lincoln Cathedral in England in 1311 in the 10th century the son of the Sultan Saladin attempted to destroy the pyramids as he deemed them to be worshipped symbols even though he spent great resources his effort only caused minimal damage to the pyramids the pyramids in Giza are the only constructions that remain standing among all the seven wonders of the ancient world they are one of the most visited tourist points in the world an old Arab proverb says time laughs at all things but pyramids laugh at time
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