2006-12-14 14:20:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
limestone mainly. they just found possible evidence of concrete being used though
2006-12-14 14:38:06 · answer #1 · answered by sweet_tangerine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on if you mean a specific pyramid. But in general they did use mud bricks, cut stone and limestone. It also depends, because each architect wanted to make a new type of pyramid to fit the pharoah's needs.
Back in those times they didn't know how to make concrete. So they didn't use concrete.
For 'The Step Pyramid at Sakkara' they used 4 mud brick 'Mustabas' (a type of pyramid) on top of each other. Then they put hand sized cut stone on the outside of the mud brick Mustabas. They had no gravel etc. inside of the pyramid. Outside they used polished white limestone to cover the pyramid.
But they NEVER used concrete.
They had large stones in the Nile. Once a year the Nile floods and carries large stones to the bank of the river. There was Silica in the sand. To move the 1 ton solid stone Egyptians poured water on the sand. Silica (in the sand) + water = makes the sand slipery and they put poles under the stone (both front and back). Moved it forward. Took the pole out from the back and put it infront of the stone and pushed the stone forward. They repeated this process.
Brick was easy to make because they lived in an environment that had the elements needed to make mud bricks. Sand + water from Nile + hot Sun = mud bricks
And they DID NOT use limestone to built the pyramid. They used limestone after the pyramid was built. It was kind of like paint. They put it on as a final coating.
2006-12-14 14:32:41 · answer #2 · answered by ace_star_sl 461 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it was concrete because I just asked a teamster.
2006-12-14 14:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Double O 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They made the blocks out of stone...I think it was limestone, and I believe that the quarries were in Giza.
2006-12-14 14:29:28 · answer #4 · answered by wyldefyre1982 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WEB SITES ON ANCIENT EGYPT FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
A comprehensive list of links for you to explore.
http://www.cumbavac.org/Ancient_Egypt.htm
Good luck.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
2006-12-15 01:20:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sandsone and other sedimentary rock
2006-12-14 14:47:35 · answer #6 · answered by luke_93_hockey 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blocks of...
i think it begins with a p...
nope mudbricks
2006-12-14 14:28:15 · answer #7 · answered by vegasbrother98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clay
2006-12-14 14:22:23 · answer #8 · answered by poor23 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stone,,,,,,and there's evidence they were not the first
2006-12-14 14:28:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wasn't clay, it was mud and lymestone.
2006-12-14 14:27:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋