What is the shape of the pyramid blocks?

Answer 1

they are rectangular prisms. the funny thing is, that they shouldn't have even been able to carve them with the tools that they had at that time. also, how did they stack up the blocks? they supposedly used logs, but the only trees in that area are softwood, and under that weight they go very flat very quickly. so how?
to me, its not the shape of the blocks but how they made them in to a pyramid!

Answer 2

Pyramids are found in numerous places in Egypt.Most are built using the same technique and tools with slight variations.
In referance to "The Great Three" at Giza plataeu that most people are familiar with,the usual shape of the stone blocks used for the pyramids construction was oblong.However size varied a lot.
The shape may slightly vary to suit the required placement.But the method of laying the stone blocks was similar to the method of laying of bricks today.
Most of the stone was quarried from the nearby Muquattan hills and its surrounding area, or even on the Giza plataeu itself.
At the site it would be measured and marked with either red or green chalk before being "cut" into the basic shape required.Then it would be finished to absolute precision measurements at the site.
Some of the masonry for the Pyramid of Khufu was taken from a quarry on the site that then became the site of The Sphinx.
The stone was limestone,the ancient Egyptians referred to it as "whitestone".
Having local stone handy made construction quicker. As it did not require the tremendous effort and man power that was needed to bring the alabaster from Hatnub in Central Egypt, or the diorite from either Nubia or the eastern desert. These were the type of stone used on the interior walls and flooring.
Granite was used for the outer casing,and it came from Aswan.After it was quarried,and cut to rough sizes. It was then hauled to the Nile on sleds. Then it would be floated down the Nile on purpose built rafts,during the annual innundation, to Giza.
At the Muqqatum Hills quarry, on the west side of the Nile,there was a finer,whiter grade of stone. Much better quality than was available locally at Giza,and at Saqqara.
But it had to be mined by digging out cavernous tunnels,some extending almost a mile into the hills.
Some of the blocks from the nearby quarries used in the construction of Menkure's Pyramid were huge. Reaching sizes of 8.5X5.3X3 metres and weighing an incredible 220 tons.
These were moved soley by man power. With very little use of slaves,contary to earlier assumptions we now know most were willing workers. Many of the workers were farmers, who gave their service to the Pharoah in the time of year they could do little farming.Each nome, or state in Egypt supplied a required amount of workers.
There was also a large on site town supporting 5.000 people.All of various related crafts and trades and ther families.
Tools required for making these perfectly fitting stone blocks were usually made on site and needed constant reparing and replacement.
The workers used copper pickaxes and chisels plus
hammers made of granite,dolerite and other hard stone.

Answer 3

rectangular - stacked in a way so that, from afar, they appear as forming a straight diagonal line.