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Correction for the weight of The Great Pyramid of Giza

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How heavy is 50,000,000 tons?
It's about seven-and-a-half times as heavy as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The weight of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 6,500,000 tons.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated mass of 6,500,000 tons. The 2,300,000 stones used in the construction of the pyramid weighed an average 2.50 tons and were quarried from distances of up to 805 km (500 mi) away.
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