Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 2.125.2

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[2] When this, its first form, was completed, the workmen used short wooden logs as levers to raise the rest of the stones¹ ; they heaved up the blocks from the ground onto the first tier of steps;

Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.

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[2] τοιαύτην τὸ πρῶτον ἐπείτε ἐποίησαν αὐτήν, ἤειρον τοὺς ἐπιλοίπους λίθους μηχανῇσι ξύλων βραχέων πεποιημένῃσι, χαμᾶθεν μὲν ἐπὶ τὸν πρῶτον στοῖχον τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν ἀείροντες·

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1. That is, the stones which were to fill up the angles of the steps, and make the side of the pyramid a smooth inclined plane. The Pyramids built by Cheops, Chephren, and Mycerinus respectively are the pyramids of +Giza [31.216,30.16] (inhabited place), Giza, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa Gizeh , near +Cairo [31.25,30.5] (inhabited place), Cairo, Urban, Egypt, Africa Cairo .

Herodotus Histories 2.125.2

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