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The only world wonder that still survives
in a complete form and is easy to be recognized is the Great
Pyramid from Giza, Egypt. The oldest wonder world is was not an
isolated phenomenon but the apogee of a long succession of
tombs` evolution which culminated at Giza. When Cheops begun the
construction of his pyramid, he had a strong religious base, was
leaded by long tradition and a long evolution. Curiously, in
spite of the Great Pyramid dimensions and importance, only one
complete representation of his creator is known. It is a small
statue from ivory, found in 103 in the foundations of the temple
dedicated to god Osiris from Abydos. Before the starting of the
activity, was necessary to prepare the ground which had to be
leveled and its sides had to be directed carefully to the
cardinal points. But in the case of the Great Pyramid an
exception was made: in the center of the area where the future
pyramid was going to be build a portion of not dislocated rock
was let. We can judge the precision with which the old Egypt's
people measured by the fact that the four sides` error of
ranging is only of few fractions of grade. The difference of
length between the longest and the shortest of the four sides is
smaller than 20 centimeters. This one last fact is incredible if
we take into account two things: all the measures were made on
the sides` length and they were made with the help of the ropes
and strings. In spite of the fact that we can analyze the
pyramid itself we can not know for sure exactly how the pyramid
was made. The most plausible theory says that it was built with
the extern platforms. |
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