Its base covers 13.6 acres (equal to seven midtown Manhattan city blocks), each side being greater than five acres in area. ... The casing stones, 144,000 in all, were so brilliant that they could literally be seen from the mountains of Israel hundreds of miles away. ... A white cement that connected the casing stones and made them watertight is still intact and stronger than the blocks that it joins. ... Consider this: The height of the Pyramid's apex is 5,812.98 inches, and each side is 9,131 inches from corner to corner (in a straight line). ... Each of the Pyramids four walls, when...

• Word Count: 1725
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Though their shoulders are frontal, they stare at each other directly. 300 law entries are placed below the grouping. ... A very shallow relief sculpture is called a bas-relief Stele: a stone slab used to mark a grave or a site Ziggurat: a pyramid-like building made of several stories that indent as the building gets taller; thus, ziggurats have terraces at each level EGYPTIAN ART Early Dynastic Narmer Palette 87 55 Holds makeup. ... The figures are not cut free from the block of stone. ...

• Word Count: 10708
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: High School