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OCR: THE CLIMAX OF PYRAMID BUILDING The pyramids of Khufu. Khafre and Menkaure a.s well as the Great Sphinx are the world's most remarkable ancient monuments As the oldest and only surviving wonde of i the original Seven Wonders of the World they have endured for some 4.500 years Today they still move pue inspire awe all. but imagine the pyramids in 8 pristine state before the Romans and Muslims stripped them their Ksse5 white casing stones; before human settlement encroached on the sacred plateau before pollution from modern Egypt obscured their beauty. and before throngs of jet setters hawkers and camel drivers disturbed their tranquility They were pure white edifices of exact geometry built to tolerances of 0.01 an inch visible from 25 miles away rising majestically from vista overlooking th ...