How Giza Pyramids Were Constructed

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Many theories pertaining to how the pyramids of Giza were constructed are still in circulation. Undoubtedly the pyramids are an amazing feat of construction, and when you look at the fact that it was built a very long time ago without the use of the modern as in today society heavy equipment gets you to think how this feat was accomplished.
There are three pyramids of Giza that sit next to each other on the Giza Plateau that are named “Khafre”, “Cheops”, and “Menkaure”. There have been many different hypotheses as to how the Ancient Egyptian was able to erect the Pyramids. The Giza Pyramids, one just one of 110 pyramids that were built in ancient Egyptian times and the only famous “Seven Wonders of the Ancient World” (Kystek, 2011) and they

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