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Answer The Egyptians worked on these pyramids for ten years. They have made skills were they would use rocks and stones to smooth it. It did not take as long because there were 4,000-5,000 people working on it at once.So the answer is rocks and stones. ----------------------------------- The ancient Egyptians built pyramids for a period of over 2,300 years; however, none of these structures likely took more than the lifetime of the Queen it was being built for to complete. The largest & most famous, The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza (complex built c. 2575-2465 B.C.E. ) is estimated from both ancient accounts & modern scientific research to have taken approx 20-years to build & involved as many as 30,000 laborers... Perhaps the best theory as to leveling has it done by a trench filled with water surrounding the perimiter of the base with a floating level-sight at each corner. As water always seeks it own level, keeping these in alignment & relating to/measuring off them insured level... Detailed information re this is easely available from the usual sources...

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The blocks of stone (made of sandstone and a bit of marble) were abraded and filed to make smooth. After the huge blocks of stone where in place the entire Pyramid was covered in a type of plaster for a smooth finish. The plaster has long since eroded away, as will the stone given time.

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The sides of the pyramids are far from "smooth and shiny". -They are actually very rough and blocky.

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