Casing-block from the Great Pyramid
Item
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Title
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Casing-block from the Great Pyramid
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Rights
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The British Museum, England. © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.
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Creator
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Unknown under Khufu
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Date
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Acquired 1838
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Description
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This casing-block taken from the Great Pyramid is off-white and mostly rectangular, with smooth long faces and rough short faces. Its corners have been rounded or broken off and its edges show significant wear from time.
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Format
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Limestone. 26 x 6 x 39 cm.
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Publisher
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The British Museum.
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Contributor
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Aiden Lucier
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Identifier
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The British Museum. EA491.
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Subject
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Egypt; Ancient Egypt; Pyramids; Pyramid; Giza; Great Pyramid; Great Pyramid of Giza; Great Pyramid at Giza; Pyramid of Giza
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Source
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Jpg file. The British Museum. 11/9/2025. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA491.
