Ten Miles west of the modern city of Cairo at the end of an acacia, tamarind, and eucalyptus avenue stands a rocky plateau. A mile square, it dominates the luxuriant palm groves of the nile Valley from a height of 130 feet. On this man-leveled plateau, stands the Great Pyramid of Cheops.

The Pyramid’s base covers 13 acres, or 7 midtown blocks of the city of New York. Form this Broad area, leveled to with in a fraction of an inch, more than two-and-a-half million blocks of limestone and granite–weighing from 2 to 70 tons apiece–rise in 201 stepped tiers toward the Egyptian skies

In terms of solid masonry, the structure contains more stone than all cathedrals, churches, and chapels built in England since the time of Christ; as a feat in masonry it was not to be matched till the construction of the Boulder Dam.

Both the enormity and the astounding precision involved in the design and construction of the Great Pyramid astonishes modern engineers today. Not only was there the difficulty in assembling into place of the inner core blocks but the Great Pyramid was coated with a dazzling finish of white limestone casing blocks.

There are absolutely no records of just how the pyramid looked after its completion. Not on papyrus nor wall painting throughout the entire land of Egypt was there any record kept of this most prodigious and all consuming way of life.

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