How exactly were the Eqyptian pyramids built? Did the Aliens really helped the various Pharoahs builders?

Question

What is the most widely accepted theory? Did anyone prove anything how they were built?

Answer 1

Nobody can really prove how they were built, although they were definitely built by man, because the worksites and workers' settlements have been uncovered.

Answer 2

I can't give any theories, but I will give you info...The Pharaohs were very smart... They actually had batteries back then. They figured out Pi. And there is numerous mentions of a white powder, that they would consume. This powder is believed to have lots of qualities to it. The powder in question is M-State metals. It is hard to fathom how they knew all this stuff... but they did. And lets not forget that if you look at the settings of some of the pyramids, and compare it to star charts, it matches up with our solar system. The pyramids also had small tunels that would angle at (I believe) a perfect 45 degree angle, and there was some use for these tunels, that relates to the stars. I know I am forgetting other bits of info here... But it is pretty intense.
CyberNara
P.S. Although one could say that this might point to proof of aliens, I am not saying, "Yes there are aliens."... I figured I should mention that to keep things clear.

Answer 3

About the year 3000 B.C. the architect Imhotep was commissioned to build a special tomb for the Pharaoh Zoser at Saqqarah. He placed a series of tumuli one on top of the other, each smaller than the previous one so as to form steps on the four sides. This was the first step of pyramid of Egypt. The first pointed pyramid was built about 300 years later by the pharaoh Cheops at Giza. Pyramids, temples, sphinxes and obelisques could not be built by anyone who did not have an extensive knowledge of the laws of geometry. Egypt was one of the greatest cradles of human civilization. Egypt's golden age coincided with the 18th and 19th dynasties, between the 16th and 13th centuries B.C. This was the age of the pharaohs, of heiroglyphics and the pyramids. Their construction in around 2500 B.C. remains one of the greatest engineering marvels of all times.

Answer 4

This answer deals with the larger stone pyramids of the Old Kingdom in Egypt. Royal pyramids were also constructed during the Middle Kingdom and early New Kingdom, but were of a different design, utilizing less solid stone block construction. Pyramids were also constructed of mud-brick for royal family members and non-royal elites in Egypt. Smaller, more steeply sided pyramids were constructed by the Napatan and Merotic king of Nubia (modern Sudan).

While all of the precise methods regarding how the pyramids were built are not known, there are some general areas of consensus among professional scholars. (Think about it - if you saw a modern skyscraper, fully built, but had no idea about modern building techniques and had no written materials directly relating to the building of the skyscraper, would you know exactly how it was built?)

Tools included square levels and plumb bobs, set squares, and vertical plumb bobs (which can be seen in the Cairo Museum), as well as copper blades for stone cutting, pounding stones for dressing stone blocks, and a ridged, mushroom shaped device that may have served as a sort of "proto-pulley."

There is a general consensus among professional Egyptologists about construction techniques, most involving the use of ramps, the consensus breaks down a little on the details of construction, but there are several very good theories about the practicalities of moving blocks into place, etc. The most common theory involves the construction of ramps either directly outward or in a sort of spiral that rose as the pyramid rose. Blocks were dragged into place on sledges or on rolling logs. There is also evidence to suggest that those blocks that were not quarried on-site were moved to the building site during the annual innundation (flood) when they could be floated in close to the building site, and then moved by brute force into place.

It should also be kept in mind that each royal pyramid was constructed individually and while there was a standard layout and design of the overall complex, specific techniques probably varied slightly from pyramid to pyramid, depending upon the building site, size of the pyramid, and materials used.

Experimental studies by Dr. Mark Lehner have demonstrated that large blocks can be moved with a sufficient amount of man power - do a Google search for his name for more information on this. I believe it was also a subject of a NOVA special called "This Old Pyramid."
Unfortunately, until recently the evidence for the ramps has been circumstantial as such things would obviously be removed post-construction.
A French Egyptologist has recently found good evidence for remnants of ramps. I'm not certain how widely disseminated the information has been in the public sector - the reference I'm familiar with is in French in a scholarly journal.

Pyramid construction relied on highly skilled teams of workmen who were housed nearby the pyramid fields - in the Old Kingdom located in the general vicinity of the ancient capital Memphis at sites now knows as Giza, Saqqara, Meidum, and Dashur. A few pyramids in the Middle Kingdom were located near the Fayum, roughly Middle Egypt.
In addition to the full-time workmen, there was likely a seasonal labor requirement asked of the lower classes of Egyptian society - a sort of taxation, often referred to by the French term "corvee" labor. This is distinct from slavery. While the ancient Greek historian Herodotus (writing over a thousand years after the construction of the pyramids at Giza) reported that he was told the pyramids at Giza were constructed by slaves, Herodotus was wrong about any number of things in his reports and may not even have visited Egypt in person, so he is usually not taken as a realiable source.

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.

If you're interested in more information, I strongly recommend looking at "The Complete Pyramids" by Dr. Mark Lehner, one of the foremost Egyptologists studying pyramids today. The book is well illustrated, easy to understand, and widely available.



There is no evidence of alien help in constructing the pyramids or other ancient structures. I fail to understand how it is that some people insist that the pyramids could not have been built by humans without "modern" technology, yet have no trouble accepting that aqueducts, the Coliseum in Rome, Luxor Temple, Karnak Temple, the Great Wall, or any number of other impressive ancient engineering feats were achieved by human beings. It was possible. There was no need for the Egyptians to have had alien assistance. And, again, there is no evidence that aliens were involved.

Answer 5

Sorry dude, No little green men from Mars built the pyramids. It was da Pharaohs (Kings of Egypt)

Answer 6

i'm egyptian,,.,
listen,,.,
dont even think its possible that there were alians,..,.,coz y did the Alians just built the Pyramids?!?! why didnt they build more great buildings??u think they r weak??or they got bored??
its a NO way that any1 else built the Pyramids except the Pheros.,,
they were Verry strong.,.,and they built it 4 a reason or so..,this is the debate!! Why did they buit it, and why did they waste all those years bulding it??there may b a reason 4sure,..,

they were built by cutting the stons then making ramps to start puling them that was teh strategy,.,

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Answer 7

It took 20,000 to 30,000 Egyptians over 80 years to build the pyramids at Giza. You can read about it on National Geographic's website.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html

Answer 8

The so called,"Pyramid of Cheops" was the first. It was built by
Enoch with help from God. No body was ever buried in it. (read "The Great Pyramid" by Charles Berlitz)
All other pyramids were built by pharohs.

Answer 9

I think it was probably more due to the great abundance of expendable man power at their disposal during their construction...... or alternatively, advanced alien beings capable of intergalactic travel came to Earth in order to help ancient men with delusions of grandeur build sand castles in the desert.....

Answer 10

No proof. There is some evidence that humans built them.

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