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The sealing blocks on the Great Pyramid were made from Granite

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How big was a pyramid block?

The blocks on the pyramids are all different sizes. The blocks on the bottom are the largest; the blocks get smaller as they go up. The size of the bottom blocks of the Giza Pyramid are 1.5 meters tall, 1.5 meters wide, and 2.25 meters deep. A block this size would weigh 8.44 kg (9.3 tons). Some of the blocks weigh as much as 80 tons!6'X6'ft


How many pounds did the pyramid blocks weigh?

the average pyramid block weighs about 5,600lbs


How many stone blocks were used to build the pyramid of Cheops?

Egyptians use about 2.3 - 2.5 million blocks of stone to build a pyramid.If you calculate the volume of the pyramid, lets say the great pyramid of Giza, which has an average side length of 759.3 feet, a height of 480 feet, and the average block dimensions being 5 feet by 8 feet by 12 feet, the total number of blocks would come out to around six hundred and three thousand blocks, minus the solid core of the pyramid, which was around thirteen thousand blocks, and then you must account for the pyramid not being solid, which would maybe remove close to two hundred blocks.my source is from this book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962605301/worldmyster07-20/which is called Back in Time 3104 B.C. to the Great Pyramid: Egyptians Broke Their Backs to Build It : How the Great Pyramid Was Really Built.This question may have different answers but the great Pyramid built by Pharaoh Cheops was made of 2,300,000 blocks of building stone and each block weighed cc. 2 1/2 tonnes.there is over 100,000 rocks =}2 million stone blocks are in a pyramidaround 2 million blocks of stoneCurrent estimates are around 2.3 - 2.5 million individual blocks.2,500,000


What material is used to fill the bottom of the pyramid?

The pyramids are huge architectural mysteries. They were built from mastaba and limestone and several sun baked bricks. The blocks are huge.


How were the blocks of a pyramid stuck together?

For the most part; gravity and friction. Which is why they're still (mostly) standing.