could you tell me how the Egyptians built the great pyramid ?

Answer 1

Before the Great Pyramid at modern Giza, the ancient Egyptians had practiced pyramid building for about 150 years. Of course the first pyramid built was The Step Pyramid built by the architect Imhotep for King Djoser in the Third Dynasty. That edifice was constructed of small stone bricks, and it still stands today.

In the Fourth Dynasty, King Sneferu had tried building two pyramids (another type of step pyramid and the Bent Pyramid) before constructing the first true pyramid, called "The Red Pyramid," which became his tomb. Its name comes from the red limestone from which it is constructed. His successors, Kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure constructed the Great Pyramid complex at Giza, the only remnants of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that still exist today.

I believe that the ancient Egyptians did all in their power to make pyramid building as easy as they could using the technology they had available at the time; i.e., copper and wooden tools and no wheels on their carts. They probably used some sort of oil to grease the bottom of their sledges to make movement easier. I also believe they used what I call "desert power." I mean they used the resources of the sand around them to their advantage. They also used the Nile River in a similar way. How they fully used the power of the Sahara Desert (sand power, that they later used in raising obelisks) in building, and fully used the power of the Nile River in transporting material is currently unknown.

However, there is strong evidence especially in the recent excavations by the Director of the Giza Plateau, Dr. Zahi Hawass, that it was paid peasants that did the backbreaking labor, NOT slaves and especially not Jewish slaves (the Hebrews didn't exist as a people until over a thousand years later).

Dr. Hawass' team has excavated the workmans' villages and tombs of the pyramid builders, including finding stress fractures on the spines and long bones of the workmen. Before the recent work of Dr. Hawass and American archaeologist Dr. Mark Lehner on the Giza plateau, the main evidence concerning the Pyramids were the stone quarries at Aswan from hence the megalithic blocks came.

A huge problem in determining pyramid building techniques is that it has been over four millennia since their construction, and currently no written records and very few other archaeological clues from that time period remain. One novel theory about pyramid construction is that the blocks were made from some sort of "cement," but again, there is not compelling evidence to support that idea.

Answer 2

They could quite easily be man made. The Egyptians built the pyramids to honor their pharaohs and to help them get to the afterlife. They were an incredibly resilient people. Many methods have been demonstrated that would allow the slaves to transport the material. Others have shown how they would have carved the materials. Others have shown how they would have stacked them and fitted them using notches. They were also very good at mathematics. They would have used the stars to calculate due North. They could line it up with sticks placed vertically in the ground. To level the pyramids, they probably built a moat around the area, and then leveled off the area inside so that the water was even with the surface at all points. I think one important thing you are missing is their incredible man power. Societies today would shy away from a task like that, but they did it for honor and that was extremely important. Another important point is that it took them a VERY long time to construct just one pyramid, at least 25 years, likely 30. Today's technology could create a pyramid, quite easily. However, we don't possess the drive to undertake such a task. No, our cranes wouldn't be much use, but you get a tractor trailer and build some ramps and you are good to go. The Egyptians were neither stupid nor lazy, and we should respect their incredible manpower and will rather than defer the greatness of to 'Gods.'

Answer 3

The plane the pyramid was built on was actually the bottom of a lake. They used barges and cranes to set the blocks on each other. Then built the dam higher so they could float the barge 10 feet higher for the next layer of blocks. Then make the dam even higher for the next layer and so on etc..

Answer 4

No one knows for sure how it was built. No one even knows for sure when it was built. The one thing they are sure of is that is was not built by slave labor. There are many theories including ramps that circled the structure to using levers and blocks. However they did it they did an amazing job.

Answer 5

there was a whole lot of sweating going on and no, slave labor wasn't it. It was a honor to work on the tomb of the pharo

Answer 6

Through the use of slavery and mathmatics. I can't figure out which was more evil ;)

Answer 7

one of the 7 great wonders...the only one left...leaves you wondering...

Answer 8

It is unknown actually

Answer 9

The Jewish slaves did it.