What material was used to build the the Great Pyramid of Giza?

concrete

mostly granite

mostly sandstone

mostly limestone

It is estimated that 5.5 million tonnes of limestone (quarried across the river), 8,000 tonnes of granite (imported from Aswan), and 500,000 tonnes of mortar were used in the construction of the Great Pyramid.

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Australia

17%

60%

the Netherlands

42%

57%

the Philippines

18%

27%

54%

Austria

10%

40%

50%

Greece

11%

44%

the United States

17%

37%

41%

Germany

57%

34%

Poland

56%

32%

1906

India

52%

30%

the United Kingdom

11%

54%

29%

Republic of Ireland

63%

27%

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for Nebuchadnezzar's wife queen Amytis

to the memory of Assyrian queen Semiramis

for daughter of Esther

it is not known

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