BY WHOM WAS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA BUILT?
IT WAS BUILT BY THE EGYPTIAN PHARAOH KHUFU.
HAS IT BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH BLOCKS IN THE THREE PYRAMIDS TO BUILD A 3-METRE HIGH, 0.3 METRE-THICK WALL AROUND FRANCE?
YES, IT HAS.
WHERE IS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA SITUATED?
EGYPT
IS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA ENCLOSED?
YES, IT IS.
HOW HIGH WAS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA?
147 METRES
WHAT DOES ONE THEORY INVOLVE?
IT INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STRAIGHT OR SPIRAL RAMP THAT WAS RAISED AS THE CONSTRUCTION PROCEEDED.
WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS HUGE STONE PYRAMID?
THE PURPOSE OF THIS HUGE STONE PYRAMID WAS TO SERVE AS A TOMB.
WHAT DOES THE SECOND THEORY SUGGEST?
IT SUGGESTS THAT THE BLOCKS WERE LIFTED AND PLACED USING THOUSANDS OF HUGE WEIGHT ARMS.
DO PEOPLE KNOW HOW THE BLOCKS WERE PUT IN PLACE?
NO,THEY DON'T.
CONGRATULATION
YOU ARE GOT 25 POINTS
HOW LARGE WAS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA?
230 METRES SQUARE
THE GREAT PYRAMID RANKED AS THE TALLEST STRUCTURE ON EACH FOR MORE THAN 48 CENTURIES, TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE (43)
ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE, WHAT IS THE BOAT BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED FOR?
THE BOAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN USED TO CARRY THE BODY OF KHUFU IN HIS LAST JOURNEY ON EARTH BEFORE BEING BURIED INSIDE THE PYRAMID.
WHEN WAS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA SURPASSED IN HEIGHT?
IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AD.
THE GREAT PYRAMID IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER A 20-YEAR PERIOD, TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
HOW MANY BLOCKS OF STONE DID THE STRUCTURE CONSIST OF?
APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION
WHEN WAS THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA BUILT?
AROUND THE YEAR 2560 BC
HOW MUCH IS THE WEIGHT OF EACH BLOCK?
ABOUT 2.5 TONS.