Most construction concepts are established on the idea that the pyramids were constructed by moving huge stones from a mine and dragging and lifting them into place. ... After precisely plotting the site and placing down the first level of stones, they assemble the pyramids in horizontal levels, one on top of the other. ... The pyramids were manufactured out of stone blocks, each weighing up no less than 2 tons. There are speculations suggesting that various men together moved each block over an incline that encompassed the structure as it rose, or that they moved each stone up long ramps th...

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Menhir: a large uncut stone erected as a monument in the prehistoric era. ... Huge limestone piles, faced with stone. ... Cats were sacred because they saved the grain supply from mice. ... Body (arms and legs) carved from stone, no negative space. ... The figures are not cut free from the block of stone. ...

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The ancient Egyptians are considered among many to be the civilization upon which much of the western world's views and attitudes are based. From religion, to architecture, and art have been handed down generation to generation and improved along the way. Many of the ancient Egyptian traditions have...

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