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Great Pyramids

 

            
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             The Great Pyramids consist of the pyramid of Cheops, the pyramid of Chephren and the pyramid of Mycerinus. These wonders of the world encompass meticulous planning and preparation through the architects that produced them. The magnitude and formation of the Great Pyramids was practically flawless. Petrie, an archaeologist, comments, "any errors in the angles and degrees "can be covered with one's thumb"" (Bratton 88). The Great Pyramids reveal the evident archaeological precision utilized to construct these great wonders with precise mathematical dimensions, size, and structure. .
             The mathematical dimensions of the Great Pyramids is remarkable. The Great Pyramid of Cheops, the largest of the three, originally stood 481 feet and five inches tall (The Great Pyramid 1). However, the maturation of the pyramid has caused it to putrefy with a reduction of 30 feet, which continuously corrodes (The Great Pyramids 1). The formation of the Great Pyramid required an estimated 2 million blocks, each weighing more than two tons (The Seven Wonders 2). The sides of the pyramid are 755 feet and it's base occupies an area of at least 13 acres (Stewart 39). The utmost amount of error and miscalculation connecting the sides of the pyramid is an amazing one ten-thousandth of an inch. The Great Pyramid is so massive that it could contain "Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's, and the cathedrals of Florence, Milan and St. Peter's," in which all could be easily assembled (White 45). The foundation of the pyramid is astonishingly level. The corners of the base are not elevated or lowered by more than one-half inch (The Great Pyramid 4). This remarkable leveling exemplifies the scrupulous effort asserted by the architects and builders.
             The formation and structure of the interior of Cheop's pyramid is vast and extensive. The pyramid encompasses "the Descending passage, the Ascending passage, the Grand Gallery, a mysterious grotto, an equally mysterious subterranean chamber, and the two main chambers" (The Great Pyramid 1).


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