German entrepreneurs are hoping to challenge Egypt's pre-eminence in monumental self-indulgence by building the world's largest pyramid --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
They have secured 90,000 euros -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in state funding to assess the feasibility of building a 1,600ft tall "Great Pyramid" near the town of Dessau, in the impoverished east German state of Saxony-Anhalt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The improbable plan is based on the idea that people will pay to have their ashes encased in the concrete blocks used to construct the monument -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The concrete blocks are expected to be up to one cubic metre in size and, given that the volume of the completed pyramid is likely to be in excess of 40 million cubic metres, it could ultimately bring in $13.2 billion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hundreds of people from around the world are said to have reserved a place in the memorial -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A decorated custom memorial stone is available for those willing to pay a bit extra -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the pyramid is unlikely to be much higher than 150 metres within two decades mediacare http://www.mediacare.biz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
