2006-11-18 22:59:05 · 4 answers · asked by dr_zevago e 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"Their critical path analysis study reveals estimates that the number of blocks used in construction was between 2-2.8 million (an average of 2.4 million), but settles on a reduced finished total of 2 million after subtracting the estimated area of the hollow spaces of the chambers and galleries. Most sources agree on this number of blocks somewhere above 2 million" - Wikipedia
"The pyramids at Giza—descendants of primitive 'stepped' prototypes built in superimposed layers—are gigantic prisms unique in world architecture, mathematics at an ultimate scale. It is quite possible that Cheop's Great Pyramid consumed more dressed stone blocks than any structure ever built, an estimated 2,300,000 of them, averaging 2.5 tons each. It is generally thought that the blocks were moved on log rollers and sledges and then ramped into place." - G.E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. p8.
"It's 756 feet long on each side, 450 high and is composed of 2,300,000 blocks of stone, each averaging 2 1/2 tons in weight." - Lee Krystek
It seems likely that around 2 to 3 million blocks were used given these sources.
2006-11-19 05:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Estimated at 28 000
2006-11-18 23:35:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
2.5 million stones.
2006-11-19 01:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
21,433,874 (plus the ones that broke because they got dropped, but no one counted those).
2006-11-21 09:30:00 · answer #4 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋