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How much does it cost to build a cheap pyramid in our time? Now it’s difficult to surprise someone with high structures. We are used to skyscrapers, which have long stepped over the mark in half a kilometer. Until about 1300, the Cheops pyramid with a current height of 138 m was considered the highest building for 3 thousand years. But it is worth considering the fact that it was built in 2600 BC. e. Without access to modern technologies. According to scientific research, the construction of the Cheops pyramid was not at all slaves, but free Egyptians with a certain qualification. They were paid for work, but not money, since they did not exist then. This became known only in the 1990s, when archaeologists discovered tombs intended for workers and overseers. Also, near the pyramid, settlements in which builders lived were found. How much time did it take for a construction site, and how many Egyptians worked there? According to Zahi Havass, the former Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, about 10 thousand people took part in the construction. They worked on schedule - they changed each other every 3 months. Moreover, only 4-5 months a year at the construction site, the maximum of workers who transferred the blocks were involved.