More than 2,300,000 limestone and granite blocks were pushed, pulled, and dragged into place on the Great Pyramid. The average weight of a block is about 2.3 metric tons (2.5 tons). How much is that?

On average, the over two million blocks of stone used to build Khufu's pyramid weigh 2.5 tons, and the heaviest blocks, used as the ceiling of Khufu's burial chamber, weigh in at an estimated nine ...

New ways of building were key to the pyramids’ creation. Scientists think ramps and pulleys helped move huge stone blocks, each weighing tons. The Great Pyramid alone had about 2.3 million blocks.

Bradley Walsh, host of The Chase, stirred debate by suggesting that Egyptians didn’t build the Great Pyramid of Giza ... ton boulders among its 2 million blocks, Walsh claimed it’s ...