Is 499 feet as deep as The Great Pyramid of Giza?
It's about one-and-one-fifth times as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 430 feet.
(a.k.a. Pyramid of Khufu, a.k.a. Pyramid of Cheops) (Cairo, Egypt) (estimated original height)
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an estimated original height (without loss due to erosion) of 130 m (280 cubits). The Pyramid was the tallest structure in the world for almost 4,000 years — from its construction ca. 2551 BCE until it was overtaken by the Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, England, built in the year 1300.
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