This is the same study guide that you have in your Course Packet. The answers are in red.
| Built by slaves or paid workers? | Paid workers. |
| Approx. number of stone blocks: | 2.3 million. |
| Average weight of each block: | 2 1/2 tons. |
| Weight of heaviest block: | 15 tons. |
| Joints between the blocks: | 1/50 of an inch. |
| Tools used to cut the blocks: | Copper and stone tools. |
| Methods for moving the blocks: | 1. Barges to float stone across the Nile from quarries
on eastern side. 2. Stones on wooden sleds atop log rollers. |
| Wheel used for transporting blocks? | No. |
| Method for raising the blocks into place: | Temporary ramps. |
| Original height: | 481 feet. |
| Today's height: | 451 feet. |
| Area covered: | 13 acres. |
| Length of each side at base: | 755 feet. |
| Orientation of sides: | Toward the four compass points. |
| Facing material: | Polished limestone. |
| Estimated time to finish the pyramid: | 23 years (average life span was 35 years). |
| Napoleon's scientists calculated that with the stones from the three Giza pyramids, a wall could be built around all of France that would be 1 ft. wide and 12 ft. high. | |