How many stone blocks are in the Great Pyramid of Giza?
History hard Data from 2023
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The answer
2,300,000 blocks
Roughly 2.3M.
The Great Pyramid contains about 2.3 million blocks averaging 2.5 tonnes each. To finish in twenty years, workers would have had to place one block roughly every two minutes, without pause, for the entire period.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | blocks |
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