Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza stands as the largest of the three pyramids on the Giza Plateau, attributed in mainstream Egyptology to Pharaoh Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty (c. 2580 to 2560 BCE). The pyramid was originally encased in polished Tura limestone and stood approximately 146.6 meters tall.
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The Diary of Merer is a papyrus logbook found at Wadi al-Jarf in 2013 recording the transport of limestone from Tura to Giza during the reign of Khufu, the oldest inscribed papyrus known from Egypt.
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