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What did the Egyptians use to carry rocks from the quarry to the pyramid?
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∙ 8y ago
♪ slaves! built the pyramids ♪
The limestone blocks were cut out in the quarries close the pyramid site. Once the limestone blocks quarried they were lowered onto sledges. Gangs of slaves dragged the sledge along a causeway laid with planks. Water or oil was poured in front of the blades of the sledge to help them slide more easily.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe stone rocks were lowered onto a sledge hauled by a gang of slaves tugging on ropes made from papyrus or palm frons. The average weight of a stone block on the Great Pyramid at Giza weighs about 2.5 tons which is estimated to have taken 20 slaves to move. Friction was reduced by pouring water or oil under the runners. Larger stones would have taken more slaves to pull. One of the big stones supporting the roof of the king's chamber would have required about 500.
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∙ 6y agoFrom the quarries to the river edge, river barges. From the shore to the site, men pulling the stones on log rollers.
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What is something cool about the pyramd's in Egypt?
Well it have been standing for over 3000 years and each rock in the pyramid weights almost a ton and that is really tricky cause no one knows how did ancient egyptians cross the nile with those rocks or even carry it! Some think ancient egyptians were giants!
How did Egyptians make the pyramid?
with a series of pulley's, they gathered rock and stacked it together to form a pyramid
How did Egyptians invent the pyramid?
The Egyptians did not build the pyramids, the pyramids are giant crystals that were synthetically grown. Just like the natural process of and the formation of sedimentary rocks from metamorphic rock from within the earth's crust the pyramids were a replica of this process. Graphite is formed first close to the magma then over time this rock will change into SiO2, Quartz Crystal. That's why the base and a majority of the pyramid is graphite, the cornerstone of the pyramid is Quartz Crystal. How do I know? I am the one that built them.
How did ancient Egyptians trim their nails?
with rocks
What rocks where used to make the pyramid?
sandstone or limestone
What rocks do you quarry?
You can can quarry rocks any wher eand if you diseare you may want to just quarry 1 rock
What is the area of Hartcliff Rocks Quarry?
The area of Hartcliff Rocks Quarry is 16,000.0 square meters.
What is something cool about the pyramd's in Egypt?
Well it have been standing for over 3000 years and each rock in the pyramid weights almost a ton and that is really tricky cause no one knows how did ancient egyptians cross the nile with those rocks or even carry it! Some think ancient egyptians were giants!
Do rocks come from quarry?
Some rocks came from quarry, ergo not all rocks came from quarrying, rocks may came from different processes like sedimentation, there are also some rocks that came from volcanoes, these kind of rocks are called igneous rocks.
Where does Fred Flinstone dig rocks?
the quarry
Where are rocks taken out of the ground beginning with the letter qu?
Rocks come out of a quarry.
How did Egyptians use their pyramids?
Egyptians used their pyramids only as a burial place for one Pharaoh per pyramid. The great majority of Pharaohs were interred in the Valley of the Kings, in subterranean graves dug out in the rocks.
How did the egyptians use their pyramids.?
Egyptians used their pyramids only as a burial place for one Pharaoh per pyramid. The great majority of Pharaohs were interred in the Valley of the Kings, in subterranean graves dug out in the rocks.
How did the builders get the rocks to create the structure?
usually from a quarry.
What do quarries do?
You can can quarry rocks any wher eand if you diseare you may want to just quarry 1 rock
What do you call a place where rocks are dug out of the Earth?
It is a stone quarry.
How did Egyptians make the pyramid?
with a series of pulley's, they gathered rock and stacked it together to form a pyramid
