PYRAMIDS

HOW ARE PYRAMIDS BUILT?

• The ancient Egyptian who built the pyramids
• may have been able to move heavy stone blocks across the dessert
• by wetting the sand in front of a contraption built to pull the heavy
• objects, according to a new study.
• Many of the pyramids were built with different stone material.

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• Most of the material used was fairly
• rough low grade limestone to build the pyramid core, while fine white
• limestone was often employed for the outer casing as well as to the cover

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