the outside of the great pyramid of giza was made out of white limestone.
the outside of the great pyramid of giza was made out of white limestone.
what is the outside of the great pyramid of giza made out of?
white limestone
for the great pyramid of giza, most of the stone for the interior seems to have been quarried immediately to the south of the construction site. the smooth exterior of the pyramid was made of a fine grade of white limestone that was quarried across the nile. these exterior blocks had to be carefully cut, transported by river barge to giza, and dragged up ramps to the construction site. only a few exterior blocks remain in place at the bottom of the great pyramid. during the middle ages (5th century to 15th century), people may have taken the rest away for building projects in the city of cairo.
giza pyramid complex
influenced by the pyramidology theories of john taylor and charles piazzi smyth, nelson barbour and charles russell taught that the great pyramid of giza contained prophetic measurements in "pyramid inches" that pointed to both 1874 and 1914. russell viewed the great pyramid as "god's stone witness and prophet". smyth reviewed russell's manuscript on the great pyramid before publication and russell credited him and scottish writer robert menzies for the view "that the great pyramid is jehovah's 'witness', and that it was as important a witness to divine truth as to natural science." prophetic dates derived from the measurements inside the great pyramid were seen as complementary to biblical interpretations. russell included the great pyramid as part of his film and color slide production "the photo-drama of creation" in 1914, suggesting that the great pyramid was built by the old testament king-priest melchizedek. a special edition of the first volume of "studies in the scriptures" was also published, which was re-titled "the divine plan of the ages and the corroborative testimony of the great pyramid". in accordance with russell's wishes, a high replica of a pyramid was erected at his gravesite in pittsburgh, pennsylvania with its capstone "patterned after the capstone of the great pyramid of egypt, symbolic of the christ."
eschatology of jehovah's witnesses