How the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived 4,500 years of Egyptian earthquakes
- Written by Colin Caprani, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Monash University
Nour Wageh / UnsplashThe Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken the region, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of the pyramid’s outer casing stones. Yet the main body remained essentially intact.
How has it survived so well? A new study of...





