More than 2,300,000 limestone and granite blocks were pushed, pulled, and dragged into place on the Great Pyramid. The average weight of a block is about 2.3 metric tons (2.5 tons). How much is that?

The Pyramid of Giza stands as a powerful symbol of ancient Egypt’s grandeur, drawing millions of visitors each year to marvel ...

Khafre's Pyramid is second to his father Khufu's Pyramid in size, but since it is built on ... at a mind-boggling 58,100,000 cubic feet. Each block in the Khafre Pyramid weighs about two and ...

Bradley Walsh, host of The Chase, stirred debate by suggesting that Egyptians didn’t build the Great Pyramid of Giza ... ton boulders among its 2 million blocks, Walsh claimed it’s ...

This period saw a substantial increase in the size of megaliths ... s pyramid to more than 2.5 tons for Chephren’s pyramid’s structural blocks. The study suggests that the larger pyramids ...