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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 21, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 25.

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GREAT THINGS.

THE greatest structure ever raised by the hand of man is the great pyramid of Cheops, founded 4,000 years ago, and measuring 746 feet square on the base, and 449 feet high. It took twenty years in construction; 100,000 men worked for three months, and, being then relieved, were succeeded by an equally large corps. The massive stones were brought from Arabia, 700 miles away. The cost of the work is estimated at $145,000,000.
The largest cathedral in the world is St. Peter's, at Rome. The total length of the interior is 612½ English feet; transept, 446½ feet; diameter of cupola, 193 feet; height of dome from pavement to top of the cross, 448 feet. It was begun in 1450 A. D., dedicated in 1626, but not finished until 1880. Forty-three popes lived and died during the process of building. The cost is set down at $70,000,000.—Selected.