Yes! A plumb line is weight suspended on a piece of string used to make sure things are upright or that vertical surfaces are straight. Due to gravity the string always hangs vertically. It is still used by stonemasons and bricklayers today for the same reason.
the pyramid did not help the Egyptians in anyway, it was just their culture
by the help of slaves
Job in the Bible did build the pyramid but with help from his workers
They helped because the Pharaoh wanted a pyramid built and he wanted the citizens to help build it so .....it would get done faster! Actually, they were forced to help.
Very easy and simple answer: No, they didn't.
According to Herodotus Cheops compelled his daughter to become a prostitute to help pay for the pyramid.
King zoser of the third dynasty thought of the pyramids!! :) ^ LIAR
i think it may have been the Egyptians, using them to help build the pyramids
they were slaves that built the pyramid. or prisoners of warAnswerArchaeologists have recently found the graves of some workers who built the pyramids. They were buried reverentially, and with some goods to help them in the afterlife. It is clear that the workers were not slaves, but paid workers who were treated well by the standards of their time.
The most important "machine" was the inclined plane, the ramp used to raise the stones to the working level. The lever used to manhandle the stones into position and in the quarries to lift the stones onto the sledge on which they were transported. In the absence of the wheel the sledge with its narrow runners minimised the effects of friction.
The Egyptians used the wheel and axle by transporting big stone blocks so they could build houses and pyramids.
it was built c. 2500 BC it was made from sandstone and took 20 years to build and I think it still stands now.The 4th dynasty Pharaoh Khufu who reigned between 2589-2566BC. He didn't build it himself he got thousands of slaves of slaves to do the job. 10,000 to 30,000 naked slaves toiled under the blazing sun.The Ancient Egyptians believed that their pharoahs were gods, so, they built tall pyramids to help their pharoahs into the heavans. The pharoah that ordered the Great Pyramid of Giza to be built...