The Construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza
October 30, 2024Video Details
- Style
- Clipart
- Genre
- History
- Voice
- Niamh
- Language
- English
Creative Input
Prompt
The Construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Script
Did you know that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built using 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing around 2.5 tons, and that it's still a mystery how they got them into place, talk about a rocky relationship. The pyramid's original height was 481 feet, but over time it lost about 30 feet, probably due to the ancient Egyptians having a little trouble measuring up. The pyramid's base is a near-perfect square, with each side aligning almost perfectly with the four cardinal directions, that's what we call accurate construction. It's estimated that it took around 20 years to build, that's a long time to be at work, hope they had good worker's comp.