- The theories I have heard so far do not cut it for me. They say they used wooden sleds to pull them up ramps or whatnot but the trees of Egypt are too soft to hold blocks that weigh tons.
2006-11-06 08:28:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Can you be real specific like you know how did man create it exactly? What was the technique?
2006-11-06 08:50:39 · update #1
I see a whole lot of people parroting what they've read and seen on TV, but here's an new and original thought for you...What if the blocks weren't pushed, pulled, levitated or moved into position at all? What if they were "poured" into place as a sort of cement? Think about it...They would've easily done it level by level, filling any smaller gaps with smaller blocks....
Anyway, that's the only thing that really makes any sense to me.
Pulleys and levers, ramps..All that stuff has basically been disprove...If they were constructed in either one of those manners, then why can't we reproduce the great Pyramid using the same technology?....We should have pyramids all over the place!!!
I like my cement theory!
2006-11-06 11:08:27 · answer #1 · answered by Tom I 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would you assume that the wood had to come from the area surrounding the Nile and its delta?
There is evidence of quite lively sea trade during the time of the constructions.
There are countries close enough with harder woods, the Egyptians could have imported them.
But I don't think that is even what you're looking for.
The ancients had enough knowledge of geometry to calculate the size and construction of these masses of stone. The evidence of the other structures, & statuary alone point to engineering standards that were amazingly precise.
I don't think any outside forces constructed these, or helped in the moving of the stones. I believe that the Egyptians used brute man &/or Ox power.
there may have been some kind of massive pulley system, powered by animals. The issue is dead along with the worker who constructed them.
The workmanship survives, enjoy it.
2006-11-06 08:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by tincre 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to up to date archeology information, the pyramids and the Sphinx are greater than 10,000 years ancient, as a result of water harm that has been observed on one aspect of the Sphinx, which dates it to earlier than 10,000 BC. We nonetheless shouldn't have the science even now in 2009 to construct one of the vital pyramids. I believe it's viable that Aliens might have constructed them, but when no longer, then we ought to believe approximately Who was once on Earth at the moment. They ought to were very very complicated and feature been a lot more smart and be a lot more complicated than we're at present. We are not able to transfer and raise the weights of the blocks of stone within the pyramids. It is obviously one of the vital 7 wonders of the World, that is for certain.
2016-09-01 08:14:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Created- ya, that involves design, architecture, engineering, sculpture, workmanship, transportation, et al
Guess you are limiting your question to transportation of heavy blocks.
There could be several ways to do that:
1. Transportation on mud ramps - pulled by Oxen/camels/human power on wooden/metal/stone rollers. The hard wood could have been imported.
2, lifting with pulleys and blocks- not so feasible due to sheer mass and tapered top geometry
3. transportation by floataion- multiple small chambers up the ramp- the way Panama canal works.
4. Hydraulic lifting contraptions
take your pick. To me the ramp and roller technique seems to be the most plausible and feasible method, considering the period of construction.
2006-11-07 01:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by kapilbansalagra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jewish slaves and big levers.
"give me a big enough lever and i can move the world"
yes its likely the used wooden poles to act as a series of rollers to move massive blocks horizontically and again leverage and pullies to move them vertical like dont think they didnt have that much sense
2006-11-06 08:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by eskew_obfuscation 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of hard work by a lot of guys over a lot of years, more than that we may never truly know.
2006-11-06 09:35:49 · answer #6 · answered by Meow the cat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lever and manwork.
Not slave work
Too long to write down
In short:
http://www.touregypt.net/construction/
http://interoz.com/egypt/construction/construc.htm
An anthology of essays in:
http://www.touregypt.net/building.htm
2006-11-06 08:48:07 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hypothetically, stronger trees could have once grown in Egypt, or better lumber could have been imported.
But none of us really know.
2006-11-06 08:37:00 · answer #8 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
They were made by man - slaves mostly.
2006-11-06 08:49:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u know what? that's still a mistery upto this days
2006-11-06 08:36:53 · answer #10 · answered by rea del rosario 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋