how did ancient egyptians manage to build pyramids?aliens??

Answer 1

No proof that aliens built the Great Pyramid till now. But suggesting that ancient Egyptians built it especially with the technology we credit them with is no good either.

There is absolutely no evidence that pyramids were used as tombs. No mummy has ever been found in any of them. The practise was to bury the Pharaoh in Mastabas and in later times in the Valley of the Kings.

Regarding who built the 3 pyramids of Giza, the cartouche inside the Great pyramid is a subject of some debate regarding its authenticity and whether its actually spells Khufu. Other than that no inscription inside the 3 pyramids of Giza has been found. People usually take note of various inscriptions in the auxiliary structures surrounding the pyramids and then use them to attribute a pyramid to a Pharaoh. Similar is the case with the Sphinx.

Regarding construction, the Great pyramid is made up of approx. 2,300,000 blocks weighing 2.5-50 tons. That's putting them at a rate of 1 block every 3 minutes to complete it in 20 years and don't forget the astonishing precision.
At that time Egyptians had simple copper and bronze saws. Useless for cutting the huge Granite blocks used in the King's chamber which weigh as much as 50 ton and are smooth and polished on all sides.

Just take a look at the difference in quality and scale between the three 4th dynasty pyramids and the later ones. There is really no comparison.

There are many other issues related to its precise alignment, accuracy of construction which the Egyptians could not manage before or since, the complex inner chambers-unique upper passages in the case of the Great pyramid, use of Pi, Pythagoras theorem, perfect base square over an area of 13 acres, the list goes on...

Answer 2

The Science Channel recently showed a program called "What the Ancients Knew," about ancient Egypt. It showed the instruments the pyramid builders used to make sure the stone blocks were square. It also showed how they used sand as grit to cut through granite blocks. FYI -- granite is as hard to cut as stainless steel. And the tools the ancient Egyptians had were copper, which dulls quickly. This program showed these new discoveries for ancient Egypt. The Director of Egyptian Antiquities, Dr. Zahi Hawass, said the most intelligent I have ever heard him say on an English-speaking program (and I have seen him on TV on ancient Egyptian themed programs for many, MANY years). He said,"Egypt built the Pyramids, but the Pyramids also built Egypt." Meaning that the high level of organization it took to plan and build the Pyramids: Keeping at least tens of thousands of paid workers on site of the Pyramids all year long (and more during the Inundation, when work on farms ceased until the flood water receded) -- Housing, feeding, clothing the workers, providing excellent medical care, temples to pray in, pay for their work, and tombs for the Afterlife -- More at the quarries at Aswan, hundreds of miles away with the same needs filled... The organization needed to gather the taxes needed to construct such a huge monument, and hire the workers from the rural population... These are just a few of the issues the Pharaohs and his viziers had to cope with when a pyramid was built. Any pyramid, for pyramids were built from the Third Dynasty in the Old Kingdom with King Djoser until the Eighteenth Dynasty in the New Kingdom a thousand years later with King Ahmose I. I think one factor that has not been explored is that the ancient Egyptians used what I call "Desert Power," or used the sand that surrounded them on both sides of the Nile valley. One example of using Desert Power is how the ancients used sand as a way to erect an obelisk. Sand was put into a shaft and slowly dug out the bottom so the stone monolith would sink into position on its foundation. Then the surrounding shaft was dismantled, the obelisk was carved and painted, and often topped with a gold cap on its pyramidion top. Science is still discovering how the ancient Egyptians created their remarkable monuments.

Answer 3

A very good question. Does the structure seems advance for the time? There are other awesome structures built in periods B.C. The Greek Parthenon, Temple of Amun ,Egypt,etc, etc.I believe, however that the work in most of these structures were done by people of the Earth. Man have always been very ambitious , seeking knowledge, building, discovering. The brains of the day , very innovating built the pyramids by human muscles, using a large labour force.

Answer 4

aliens, u people have been smoking too much weed. egyptian alike mayans were really good architects, what's coming up next, romans were aliens, and an alien designed the World Trade Center.

Answer 5

Is this one still floating around? The Egyptians did it. Simple machines: inclined plane, lever, etc., plus LOTS of manpower. Aliens had nothing to do with it.

Answer 6

Aliens yes.

Answer 7

they used pullie systems, slaves, and for dragging the large blocks they used a kinda railroad track systen made of logs that way it wouldnt get stuck in the sand. its very complex but you can find out more on sites like ae.com, historychannel.com, discoverchannel.com.....and there are many more.

although if we ever see the pyramids launch off into space.....well then we will know otherwise....=0)

Answer 8

Pyramids in Egypt served as tombs, initially only for kings and close members of the royal family, but eventually came to be used (in much smaller forms) by the general populace.

As for aliens or the supposed "lack of ability" on the part of the Ancient Egyptians to be able to build pyramids:

The Egyptians were perfectly capable of using the basic mathematics necessary for the construction and layout of most pyramids. Despite the superb accuracy of the layout and plan, this was not impossible for them to achieve, nor did it require calculus. While no mathematical texts from the Old Kingdom survive, texts from the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period demonstrate a clear familiarity on the part of the Egyptians with basic arithmetic, geometry, and trigonometry.

There is absolutely no evidence that alien help was needed to construct the pyramids, which were intended as tombs for Egyptian kings.
Some of the best evidence for human responsibility, and specifically Egyptian human responsibility dating to the 4th Dynasty, for the construction of pyramids comes from the site of Giza itself. Giza is the place most people think of when they think of Egyptian pyramids, though there are numerous pyramids in other areas of Egypt and Nubia and the Giza pyramids are by no means the earliest pyramids constructed in Egypt.
Also of significance are a number of inscriptions associated with the so-called "Great Pyramid" of Khafre at Giza. One of the inscriptions on a stone block making up the pyramid gives the name and regnal year of Khafre. Others bear the names given to crews of workmen responsible for moving the stone blocks into place. At least one of these inscriptions is located in an area almost impossible to reach - frequently the inscription is examined using a mirror - thus making it highly unlikely that it was a later addition.


As for other theories not accepted by professional Egyptologists:

Storehouses:
They were not storehouse for grain, though a sort of conical shaped storehouse for grain are attested in ancient Egypt and it may be that these led to the bizarre claim that the pyramids (usually meaning just the pyramids at Giza, ignoring the presence of numerous other pyramids throughout Egypt) were storehouses for grain and that they were the storehouses mentioned in the Bible in connection with the story of Joseph.

Jewish/Hebrew Slaves:
As for the tradition that the Jews built the pyramids, the time period in which the vast majority of royal pyramids were constructed predates (by as much as 1000 years) any attestation of a group of people known as "Jews," "Hebrews," or "Israel." As described below, the labor organization used to construct the pyramids was distinct from slavery. If there was a time of slavery for the Jews in Egypt as attested in the Old Testament, it probably post-dated the construction of most royal pyramids. And the Biblical texts themselves refer to cities located primarily in the Eastern Delta as the places where the Jews are said to have lived and served as slaves. There have been no pyramids found north of Giza, near Cairo which is south of where the Delta begins.

Pyramid construction in Egypt began around 2600 BC, the last known royal pyramid was built in Egypt around 1550 BC. The time of the Exodus is usually regarded as having been in the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom (usually the 19th with the king being Ramses II) in ancient Egypt.

Thus, if Ramses II was "Pharaoh" of the Exodus, it occurred between 1282 and 1213 BCE (depending on which chronology you go with; there's a margin for error of about 20 years).

Some have suggested an even earlier date in the reign of Thutmoses III, around 1472-1426 BC.

Regardless of which king you prefer, this is still 1000 years after the construction of the first true pyramid as well as the pyramids at Giza.

In addition, the first reliably dated inscription naming a group of people/nation called "Israel" is the Merenptah Stela. Merenptah reigned between 1213 and 1203 BCE.

I might also add that in the New Kingdom (with a few possible exceptions) and up until the Late Period, Egyptian kings were buried in rock-cut tombs in Luxor/Thebes in the Valley of the Kings. If the Jews were in captivity in Egypt they wouldn't have been building pyramids. And, as note above, they probably wouldn't have been anywhere near Thebes, which is in the southern part of the country. There is also extensive evidence and the settlement of the workmen who worked on the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings and they were not slaves, nor do they appear to have been anything other than Egyptians.


If you want more detailed information, see some of my other answers regarding Egyptian pyramids and/or look at the entry for Egyptian pyramids in Wikepedia.
I also highly recommend the book "The Complete Pyramids" by Mark Lehner, one of the foremost scholars in the field of Egyptology/archaeology studying the Egyptian pyramids, especially those at Giza, where he has been working for several years.

Answer 9

aliens with out a doubt

Answer 10

they spent 20 yrs pilin sand, dirt, and mud to make briks and into huge pyramids. they rolled this supplies on a lil log thingy.