To excavate the stone 'pounders' were used to pulverize the stone around the edge of the block. 60 - 70 men would pound out the stone. At the bottom of the block they rammed wooden pegs into slots they had cut and filled the slots with water. The pegs would expand, splitting the stone and the block was then slid down onto a waiting boat
they cut it with a needle...ya right
they had cliffs of granite in which Egyptian people cut out their blocks from to buit the magnificant pyramids there are today.
they had cliffs of granite in which Egyptian people cut out their blocks from to buit the magnificant pyramids there are today.
where were the millions of limestone blocks for the three great pyramids quarried
The pyramids are not made of bricks, they are made of hand cut limestone blocks some weighing many tons.
they cut it with a needle...ya right
they had cliffs of granite in which Egyptian people cut out their blocks from to buit the magnificant pyramids there are today.
Blocks are a type of structure that holds up Pyramids and they are not part of Pyramids today because pyramids are no longer being built.
they had cliffs of granite in which Egyptian people cut out their blocks from to buit the magnificant pyramids there are today.
where were the millions of limestone blocks for the three great pyramids quarried
The pyramids where built of large blocks of limestone.
They used limestone blocks to build the pyramids
The pyramids are not made of bricks, they are made of hand cut limestone blocks some weighing many tons.
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The pyramids are made of blocks of sandstone. This was ofcourse extremely heavy...
The Egyptian pyramids are built of limestone blocks.
They cut big limestone blocks with copper chisels and saws. Gangs of men dragged them to the pyramid site and pushed...