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[LINK] The pyramids are encircled by several small pyramids of the royal
family, and hundreds of mastaba tombs of civil and religious functionaries
of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties, followed by important dignitaries of the
Saite Era (XXVI Dynasty) and of the Persian Period (XXVII Dynasty) who
wanted to be buried with splendor alongside the majestic pyramids.

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Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu)

Built: c.2589-2566BC.
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Height: 481'.
Base: 775 3/4' each side.
Incline: 51 degrees 50'.
Average stone weights: core two-and-a-half tons, facings four tons.
Required 112 men to lift.
Construction material: limestone, basalt and granite.
Excavation/restoration: surveyed in early 1800s by Richard
Howard-Vyse, John Perring and Giovanni Caviglia.

Notes: built from 2,300,000 blocks covering 13 acres and requiring the
equivalent of 200 million man-loads (80 lbs), or 6,500,000 tons of
material. The casing stones (when intact) covered a surface of 22
acres. It is estimated that 84,000 people were employed 80 days
annually for 20 years to build the pyramid.
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Pyramid of Chephren (Khafre)

Built: c.2558-2532BC.
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Height: 471' (original).
Base: 707 3/4' each side.
Incline: 53 degrees 8'.
Average stone weights: core two to three tons, facings six tons.
Construction material: limestone and red granite.
Excavation/restoration: extensively explored in 1818 by the Italian
explorer Giovanni Belzoni. Surveyed shortly after by Richard
Howard-Vyse, John Perring and Giovanni Caviglia.
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Pyramid of Mycerinus (Menkaure)

Built: c. 2532-2504BC
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Height: 218'.
Base: 356 1/2'.
Incline: 51 degrees.
Average stone weights: N/A.
Construction material: limestone and red granite.
Excavation/restoration: surveyed in early 1800s by Richard
Howard-Vyse, John Perring and Giovanni Caviglia.
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The Great Sphinx
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Built: undetermined. 

Height: 66'.
Length: 240'.
Other: chin to head 30', face 20' wide.
Construction material: soft limestone.
Excavation/restoration: built from inferior rock, the Sphinx has been
undergoing restoration since Ptolemaic times. Today it is under
constant threat of disintegration and efforts to save the Sphinx are
ongoing. Also, sand needs to be continually cleared, otherwise it will
become buried within 20 years. Napoleon's expedition was the first to
attempt clearing the statue, but this was not actually accomplished
until 1925.
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