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Many of the pyramids were built with a number of different stone materials. Most of the material used was fairly rough, low grade limestone used to build the pyramid core, while fine white limestone was often employed for the outer casing as well as to cover interior walls, though pink granite was also often used on inner walls. Basalt or alabaster was not uncommon for floors, particularly in the mortuary temples and as was mudbricks to build walls within the temples (though often as not they had limestone walls).
Egypt is a country rich in stone and was sometimes even referred to as the "state of stone". In particular, Egypt has a great quantity of limestone formation, which the Egyptians called "white stone", because during the Cretaceous period Egypt was covered with seawater. The country is also rich in sandstone

2007-10-03 21:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by sparks9653 6 · 0 0

The inside part of the pyramids was built of masony blocks; the outside facings were built of polished stone (such as polished granite).

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2007-10-03 21:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by historybuff 4 · 0 0

Limestone

2007-10-04 05:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0 0

brick or stone

2007-10-03 21:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by Kuy setimram 2 · 0 0

cow dry shits...

2007-10-03 21:21:52 · answer #5 · answered by Cossak 6 · 0 0

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