1- How were the Great Pyramids Built?

2-Who built the Great Pyramids? Be sure to discuss the skilled and unskilled labor components.

3-Discuss at least one fascinating fact that you have learned about the Pyramids.

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1. How were the Great Pyramids built?

Majority of the pyramids began as traditional mastabas only to advance to one of the most excellent forms of architecture. During the beginning of the dynastic era, 2950 B.C tombs were crafted in curve form made of rocks and roofs covered with flat mastabas, a precursor to the pyramids. Pyramid builders assembled numerous stepped layers of stone that eventually attained the desired height of about 600 feet. Approximately more than 2 million blocks of stone weighing 2.5 tons each were cut transported and assembled in a systematic manner (Isaacson, 2016). The stones themselves were mined…

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