>ScienceDaily has an interesting article about the building of Khufu’s pyramid. Khufu’s Great Pyramid in Giza, better known as the Pyramid of Cheops, was built using 2.3 million limestone blocks weighing roughly 7 million tons. Khufu’s Great Pyramid is 146.6 meters high. It was the tallest structure ever built for nearly 4000 years.

The following is an excerpt from the article:

Scientists from around the world have tried to understand how the Egyptians erected their giant pyramids. Now, an architect and researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) says he has the answer to this ancient, unsolved puzzle.

Researchers have been so preoccupied by the weight of the stones that they tend to overlook two major problems: How did the Egyptians know exactly where to put the enormously heavy building blocks? And how was the master architect able to communicate detailed, highly precise plans to a workforce of 10,000 illiterate men?

Find out the answer by visiting ScienceDaily online.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

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