The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid complex bordering present-day Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It’s also the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but due to the pandemic, many people have not been able to visit this year. A couple, Andrey and Victoria Vakhrushev, from Istinka, Russia, used modern tools to build a miniature concrete replica in their backyard.
Approximately 400-tons worth of concrete blocks were used, and the completed the pyramid is 19-times smaller than its real-life counterpart. Despite its size, many details were recreated, as they spent years researching the Great Pyramid while building their own.
- Travel back in time to the 26th century BC. and discover the Great Pyramid of Giza and its surroundings with this LEGO set for adults
- Includes 2 smaller pyramids, 2 mortuary temples, Sphinx statue, workers' village, an obelisk and a section of the Nile River with a barge
- Lift the outer structure to reveal the Royal chambers, main tunnels & a system that may have been used to move the stone blocks during construction
I was really striving to achieve exact sizes, up to one-centimeter accuracy, on the right level, not with one or two-centimeter error, but the exact size, perfect and nothing less. Of course, the blocks we used are different, but this is still a monolithic structure, we made careful calculations in terms of masonry, making it in a special way so that it is as close [to the original] as possible,” said Andrey.
