For centuries, people have thought how the great pyramids were built. Some have suggested that they must have been constructed by aliens, while others believe the Egyptians possessed a technology that has been lost back in time.
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How did the Egyptians make their pyramids.
Scientists in amsterdam say that they have discovered how they built the pyramids
They said that they putted water from the nile river in the sand so it would make the sand softer to push the huge limestone blocks up the pyramids. They also said that they would make a stair in the walls outside the pyramids and when the pyramid was done they would take the stairs away.
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Some People say that slavery was involved or that if they
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The pyramid core was build out of limestone.though pink granite was also often used on inner walls .Egypt is a country rich in stone and was sometimes even referred to as the "state of stone". In particular, Egypt has a lot of limestone formation, which the Egyptians called "white stone",
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How long did it take?
Cool video about great pyramid http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/how-long-did-it-take-to-build-the-great-pyramid
So as you can see it took 23 Years to build the great pyramid imagine this the workers would start on average of 25 years and finis when they were 48 years.
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When many of us were young, we were taught that the great pyramids required immense human resources to build, which of course, they did. We were told that as many as 100,000 workers had to build it. That doesn't seem like a lot when Brazil population is 210,444,977 milion people But now days we need about 50 workers with big machines and we are done. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramidworkforce.htm
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With 757 foot sides, the largest pyramid at Giza would have been difficult to design with a perfect square base, and yet the base is almost perfect and the difference in side length is only a mere two centimeters. This is an amazing feat for any modern culture, but an impossible one for an ancient culture without the mechanical tools and mathematical knowledge that the aliens had. The aliens used their mathematical genius to work when they created the pyramids. If you take the perimeter of the Great Pyramid, and divide it by two times the height, you get a number that is exactly equivalent to the number Pi, up to the fifteenth digit. It was a number not calculated accurately to the fourth digit until the 6th century. Because of this knowledge, there is no way the Egyptians built the pyramids.
Of the three theories on how the Great Pyramid was built, in descending order of acceptability, the most suitable theory is Clifford Wilson’s followed by Joseph Davidovits’ and Erich Von Däniken’s argument. Clifford Wilson’s theory is the best because he illustrates how the pyramids were built and provides the evidence to prove his theory, however; this is unlike Joseph Davidovits’ theory because Davidovits does not fully answer questions that arise concerning his theory. The three theories have similar points, but contain very different ideas on the construction of the Great Pyramid. This is obvious in Clifford Wilson’s argument where he is repeatedly disproving Von Däniken’s theory that the “gods” created the pyramids, whereas in
Archeologists suggest that the large stones used in building the pyramids were transported by rolling them over logs or a wet, slippery, clay surface. These methods may have been effective in moving the blocks close to the building site, but do not explain how the massive
Much of the pyramids history is on the inside. One of the many things inside of the pyramids are (sometimes also known as mummies) are the bodies of the pharaohs. When pharaohs died in Ancient Egypt, they were believed to become gods. In order to properly put them at rest, they had to do a proper burial. To do this, people has to take out every organ of the body except for the heart. The heart is told to hold the soul, so they couldn’t remove it. After this, they stuff the body with cloth and sew the skin up. They put chemicals on the body to dry it out, and set for 40 days. The body was then covered in oils, precious stones, and amulets and bound with longs strips of cloth over and over again. A highly decorated mask was set on the face and wrapped again in cloth. This whole process took about 70
What makes up a pyramid? 12 lines, 5 faces, 4 triangles, 1 base, and 5 vertexes and in the case of the Great Pyramids of Giza about 2.3 million stone blocks that weigh an average of 2.5 to 15 tons. That according to the time it took to build them they would have had to place and set a stone every 2 to 2 and a half minutes. To put that in perspective some weigh as much or more than an armed military cargo truck. So, imagine dragging a cargo truck with nothing but some strong rope and some other people. Now if you're like most people you can lift maybe 100 pounds. However, the average powerlifter can lift 350 to 400 pounds and that's just lift not pack around or drag across acres of land. Now how did the Egyptians build the Great Pyramid of Giza with blocks that weigh up to 15 tons with the technology they had then? It’s clearly very obtuse to think the pyramids were built by the Egyptians and the Egyptians alone. The question is, who helped them?
Even though the technique used in building the pyramids is still debated, the most accepted theory was that there were built using ramps. This theory is largely aided by the accusation that the
Thirdly, both projects took multiple decades from conception to realization. The Great Pyramid of Giza is believed to have taken between 20 to 30 years to construct. The amount of stone that was laid in the span of the project indicates that one stone was set roughly every three minutes (Grimault, 2010). The CA/T Project also took 25 years to complete including the planning stages, bids for federal funding, and actual development (Hall, 2006). These multidecadal timelines serve to demonstrate that megastructures require vast amounts of forethought and patience to bring separate systems together as a whole.
Egypt is also known for its statues depicting various gods and tombs for its numerous pharaohs. Their architectural prowess is a feat marveled at even today. The ability to design and build such grand monuments such as the iconic pyramids of Giza, rivalling even the Mayan and Aztec temples of South and Central America, reveals the true nature of innovation in Egypt. In fact, even without modern tools of measurement, the Great Pyramid, the largest tomb in Egypt, is almost geometrically perfect. For such a large structure, the length of all four sides at its base differ by less than a foot (McKenty 1).
It was believed by Egyptians that gods slept in the Great Pyramids. Once sealed, there was no way into the pyramids; therefore, a perfect resting place for these gods. As for the labor force and time it took to build the monument, the Greek historian, Herodotus, believed the pyramid was build by "100,000 men [for about] twenty years." This project basically relieved any unemployment problems
There is much debate on how the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids in Giza were built. King Khufu’s pyramid, from the Old Kingdom, stands at 146 meters high, has a base of 230 meters, while using 2.4 million stone blocks; each block averaging between 2.5 to 15 tons (Van Der Mieroop). These extreme numbers force researchers to try and create hypotheses on how the Ancient Egyptians were able to construct such colossal monuments. Although we have an idea of where and how the Egyptians obtained the materials used for their creation, it is still unclear how they were able to take stone blocks that weighted several tons so high up, have such precision that not even a credit card could slip through the blocks, and was capable of pointing the pyramids
New archaeological evidence shows that those who dragged and laid these two and a half ton granite slabs were condemned to an early grave, and they died with deformed bones and broken limbs. An Egyptian excavation recently uncovered the burial ground of hundreds of workers who helped to build the great pyramid for king Cheops 4500 years ago. Originally over one hundred and forty six meters high, it is the tallest of the three famous pyramids at Giza near the Nile delta.
The pyramid is believed to have been built for over 20 years by a workforce of 100,000
The pyramids were built as a tomb for the pharaoh. Their belief was that the top point of the pyramid was the gate for the soul to travel to the afterlife and return to earth if chosen. These tombs were built which line up with certain stars and planets.
In the deserts of Egypt lie the colossal remains of an ancient civilization. These enormous works of human endeavor are the only member of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World that time has passed down to us. These are, of course, the great pyramids of ancient Egypt. But these imposing structures were not built to impress civilization millennia down the road. The pyramids in fact had a purpose to the ancient Egyptians. While they seem very simple in nature, as they are simply four-sided pyramids with square bases, they had a meaning for those that had them built. Even by today’s standards, the pyramids of ancient Egypt were an impressive feat of engineering, due to their enormous size, both in building materials and finished product.
Most of what Herodotus tells us is probably false. Scientists calculate that fewer men and fewer years were needed than Herodotus suggests. It also seems unlikely that slaves or complicated machines were needed for the pyramid construction. It isn't surprising that the Greek historian got it wrong. By the time he visited the site the great pyramid was already 20 centuries old, and much of the truth about it was shrouded in the mists of history.