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Show WEIGHTY MONUMENT TO KING Seven Million Tons of Masonry In the "Tombstone" of Ancient Egyptian Egyp-tian Monarch. The greatest monument in the world Is the Great Pyramid of Egypt, which was built nearly six thousand years it wa built by Cheops, king of wgypt. who, rollowtng tho example of previous kings, wished to have a mag nilicent tombstone, so that he would bo remembered. It is certain that tho thousands "cf men who were engaged in building it worked under the lash. The result is Cheops is always put down as a tyrant. According to Herodotus, the ancient Greek histoiiau, 100,000 men were at work on it for 20 years. It covers an area of 13! acres and contains 7,000,-000 7,000,-000 tons of masonry. It was built in layers, over two hundred In number, and then the edges were filled in to make the sides smooth. The stono used varied In weight from two tons to CO tons. When It was built It was about 4S0 feet high and the sides were each 775 feet long. |