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Correction for the height of The Great Pyramid of Giza

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How long is 37,070,000 hands?
It's about 30,000 times as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza
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The height of The Great Pyramid of Giza is about 1,300 hands.
(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 1,300 hands. 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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