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The Greek historian Herodotus wrote about seven great architectural structures. That list became known as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Of those seven achievements, four were destroyed by earthquake. Two were destroyed by fire. Only one is still standing – the Great Pyramid of Giza, in Egypt.
This pyramid today has a height of 450 feet, or 137 meters. It was the tallest structure in the world for over 3800 years.
And now, it’s a popular tourist destination. People from all over the world will travel to Cairo, and stand next to this enormous structure, and just wonder about all the manpower and materials and work that went into creating it.
And there are others, like today’s guest, Alex, who look at the Great Pyramid and think “I’d like to climb to the top of that pyramid”. And Alex came up with a plan to do just that.
What he didn’t plan on was getting caught.
If you’d like to contact Alex:
Email: brock.alex@gmail.com
Twitter: @ABrockstar32
Pyramid map:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_pyramid_complex_(map).svg
Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/137
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