From: [XoL]
Ok here it is, after a short bit of research on the Pyramid of Giza
Side note: I enjoy intellectual conversations with you, you at least are willing to read what I write :p
1) It was not build by slaves (So cross off what I said earlier)
It was built by highly skilled workers and these workers were split into a hierarchy of 20,000 men in each (5 in total) each group would have its own set tasks based on what their area of specialty is.
2) Ramps, pulleys, sleds were all methods to move the stones in a quick and efficient manner (With that many men, I would imagine there are MANY trips being made at once if it only takes 20 men to move 2.5 tons of rock over a distance (with ease)).
3) I am also assuming the 22 years was the time it took from start of construction to end of construction not the time it took moving materials (But even still, you can travel the distance with that many men in a shorter period of time)
4) The method of cutting was probably using quartz sand between the drill (just a hard piece) and the rock it would give the drill the needed "bite" and would be able to cut through the rocks without needing sharp teeth like a saw etc.
My side note: Likewise :D
1) This seems logical.
2) I highly doubt there were logs/pulleys that could support megaton blocks of that size. The biggest rock in the pyramid of Giza is roughly 80 tons, which is 80000 kilograms. To put it into retrospect, an average family car weighs roughly 1600kg. Now take 50 of those cars and compress them into a rock about 3 meters across. What you have is one EXTREMELY dense rock. The idea of a log supporting the weight of that rock is ridiculous.
Now, I said that the nearest limestone quarry was 2 miles away. I was wrong, the nearest limestone STORAGE FACILITY was 2 miles away. Where they got their rocks from, was 500 MILES AWAY!
3) 22 years was the time it took for the Pharoah's decree that he needed a pyramid done to the time that the last stone was placed. I also said that it'd take them 9 seconds a rock to organise, turns out that it would've taken them 9 seconds to PLACE, not organise each rock.
22 years has 684,288,000 seconds, and the pyramid has 2.3M rocks.
It'd take the workers on average, 297 seconds (little less than 5 minutes) to move a rock 500 miles, cut the rock into a proper shape, and lift the rock to it's position. Again, without the help of an external force, it simply isn't possible even today.
4) This would seem the likely case, but archaeologists have discovered extremely fascinating. They found a trench of sorts, near every single pyramid which was about 3 feet deep and 6 feet across. Archaeologists speculate that these trenches hosted gigantic saws which were used to cut the blocks. But the saws would have to be diamond tipped, and there were NO diamonds found in those areas of Egypt. (This is a weak theory since they could be imported etc).
A few other things I found:
The three pyramids of Giza are exactly aligned with Orion's belt. But here's the kicker: Orion's belt wasn't aligned at the time that the pyramids were built! Scientists calculated that it'd have been roughly 10,300BC at which the stars would've been aligned. But at that point in time, there were NO civilised human beings in existence.
If you take the perimeter of the pyramids and divide it by two times the height, it'll equal the value of Pi upto fifteen digits!
This is a photograph of the Great Pyramid of Giza, and its neighbor, as seen from the Sphinx, on the evening of the summer solstice. As you can see, the sun is setting in the exact center of the two pyramids. COINCIDENCE???
For the Egyptians to be able to do this, they must have known the day of the summer solstice, and they therefore, must have known the exact length of the year, or 365.25; once again, a fact not discovered until long after the Egyptians were gone.
Thanks to Iso for the signature.
