How the Great Pyramid Was Built - The Tallest Building on Earth for 4,000 Years (AI Reconstruction)

For nearly 4,000 years, it was the tallest building on Earth. Think about that. From the moment it was finished, around four and a half thousand years ago, until the cathedral spires of medieval Europe finally crept past it, no human structure anywhere on the planet stood taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza. Not for 1,000 years. Not for two. For almost 4,000 years, the record simply belonged to a single Egyptian tomb.

It contains roughly 2.3 million blocks of stone, some weighing as much as fifty tons. Its original sides were faced with a perfect polished white limestone that reflected the sun so brilliantly it could be seen from thirty miles away. Its four faces are aligned to the four cardinal points of the compass to within a fraction of a degree. Its geometry is so precise that modern architects, working with lasers and computers, would struggle to duplicate it.
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