Aren't the world's ancient pyramids just a product a very basic math and a whole lot of slaves?

Answer 1

Huh, and I thought that the ideas in this link were on to something...

http://www.nearingzero.net/screen_res/nz038.jpg

Answer 2

The technology we got. The economics and logistics are more difficult. Interest in doing so is, for all practical purposes, non-existent. PBS had a show which attempted to replicate, on a scaled-down basis, the building of the Great Pyramid via the same means archaeologists thought the Egyptians had used. By sticking strictly to the known FACTS, ie, size and mass of single blocks, number of laborers, technology KNOWN to be available to the original builders, it was ascertained that: 1. The Egyptians could have built all the pyramids in that country in the given time frame (more than 1,000 years from first to last built), with the known tools, (very simple and without steel or iron) and with available manpower. 2. No little green men, no great golden goddesses, no e-t's were necessary for their construction. 3. Egyptian architects were bloody geniuses. 4. Simple geometry was all that was necessary for the alignments and measurements that so intrigue the mystically oriented today. As for other pyramids worldwide, they were constructed along very different lines. Unlike those of Egypt they are largely mounds of rubble with a stone facing. Piling up humongous mounds of rubble isn't difficult, just dangerous. It is done by selecting the location, measuring the area and constructing the first course of stone. Then pile it with rubble. Then construct the next round of stone. Then add rubble. And so on, until you reach the size the builders wanted. Simple. Just requires lots of strong backs with too much free time on their hands. Hope this helped.

Answer 3

While I don't believe the building of the pyramids didn't involve very difficult math their method of building was very complicated due to the lack of technology they used. But the reason there are pyramids all over the world (South America, Egypt, and China) is because E=mc^2 or in other words gravity. In ancient times the only way to build something really tall was to stack floors on top of each other and the only way to keep the floors from falling apart was to make them descend in size as the built up.

The pyramids in Egypt may or may not have been built by slaves. Scientists are beginning to believe they weren't but that's relatively new information. The Jews were definitely not the slaves because Abraham wasn't even alive then. He came into the picture later on.

The Egyptian Pyramids by the way, while masterpieces, aren't perfect. The first pyramid collapsed on itself. They had the math wrong on the second one so it ended up crooked. And the third one is tiny compaired to the other two, but when looking at pictures it's hard to notice because they built it on higher ground to create the illusion that it was taller then it actually was. They remained the tallest human creation until the Eiffel Tower was built in Paris, France.

Another thing they did to greatly lessen the work was to create a rock quarry right next to the building site. The bricks weren't taken from hundreds of miles away as someone falsely stated before me. If you go to the Giza Plateau (where the pyramids are) today, you can actually see some of the blocks that they never finished cutting out.

I've never heard that they buried their workers near the site and I find it hard to believe. The pyramids were to be the final resting place of the living incarnation of the god Horus. It would have been sacreligious to bury commoners so close to the site.

They weren't built from the top down either. That goes against the principal of E=mc^2. The Ancients may have been smart but they could not defy gravity or even pretend to defy gravity. (like we do with our sky scrapers)

And kudos to Imhotep, the genius who designed the first pyramids in Egypt.

Answer 4

recent archeology finds suggest that as little as 5000 could have built the pyramids, due to the discovery of log transporting blocks of Stone by rolling, and sand piling into long ramps. Yes, there were Jewish slaves, of course and a while lot for three hundred years. Even many of the architects were Jews. Basic math of course, but sophisticated usage of axioms and geometric formulas.

Old fiugrurs were 20,ooo slaves at once, Who knows, really?

Answer 5

Yes, you are quite right!
The apparent mysteries attributed to the pyramids are very simply explained with modern science.
There is firm evidence showing the use of timber poles for rolling stones into place. Also, as well as sand ramps, the use of hydraulics to lift, using animal skin bags; camels bladders and of course,systems of complex pulley wheels and suchlike.
We have fairly recently discovered (satellite pics) that a system of artificial canals was used to 'ship', stone and other bulk materials, across the desert. These were lined with skins to reduce leaking. These barges were presumably hauled by teams of camel.
With regards to the internal temperature loss, this can be explained by Charles Law ( a derivation of Boyle's Law).
Electrical potential, created by the energy of the convectional process) explains why blades remain sharp, or appear to get sharper, when they are placed in a pyramid. The ions leave the edge of the blade and keep it 'clean', preventing oxidization.
Couple all this 'Basic Science' with the availability of slave labour and ........................ no magic needed!

Answer 6

The pyramids in Egypt were the product of perhaps new discoveries in math, genius in design and construction plans, and the labor over decades, not of slaves but of working folk, farmers and the like, who were forced to contribute several months of each year to the building. Nothing supernatural involved, no 'aliens,' just a helluva lot of labor, sweat, and the loss of human life.

Answer 7

I don't know a lot about math and physics. But I do that the pyramids in Egypt were not built by slaves. Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, discovered the where the pyramid builders were buried and even the "neighborhood" were they lived. His evidence is quite interesting. Look it up.

Answer 8

I don't know about the math, but I do know that archaeologists have made some recent discoveries proving that it was not slaves that built the pyramids, but rather well paid people.

Answer 9

A new theoty on the creation of the pyramids, explains that the building blocks (the largest), were most probably molded on place so they could fit very precisely.
But they are many others.

Answer 10

I wouldn't call it basic math, but I think you have the general idea, yes. However, the pyramids are still an impressive piece of construction and engineering, regardless of how they were built.

Answer 11

Math, yes; slaves, no. Its now known the last surviving ancient wonder of the world was built by artisans and workers, not slaves.