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Had the boy king lived
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and died a thousand years earlier,
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he would have been buried
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Iike pharaons long
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before him in a monument
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of colossal proportions
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the man-made mountain
of stone called pyramids.
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They probably saw the
pyramid's shape
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as a mystical link
between earth and sky,
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providing the pharaon's soul
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with a stairway to the heavens.
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Of the fabled Seven Wonders
of the Ancient World
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only the pyramids of
Giza remain-built
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more than 4,000 years ago.
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Nearly 500 feet tall
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they contain some
of the largest pieces
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of stone ever moved by
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humans-as much as 50 tons or more.
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Yet this was accomplished
without wheels or pulleys
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or even iron tools.
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How in the world did they do it