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How did they transport the materials to and from the pyramids?
Most of the pyramid was made from limestone blocks cut from quarries close to the pyramid site. For example, the blocks on the Great Pyramid at Gizeh weighed approximately 2.5 tons (2545kg) each. It was normal practice to load these blocks onto sledges. A gang of about 20 slaves tugging on ropes made from papyrus reeds dragged the sledge along a causeway laid with planks. Water or oil was poured in front of the blades to help them slide better.
What yearly event brought fertile soil for Egyptian farmers?
The flooding of the river Nile, made the surrounding soil extremely fertile.
How did people write with a stone?
People wrote with a stone by using it to carve or scratch symbols or letters onto other surfaces, such as animal bones, clay tablets, or other stones. This method was commonly used in ancient times when writing materials like paper or parchment were not readily available.
Which early civilization built towering ziggurats and kept in cuneiform?
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How did the pyramids built step by step?
Shortly after coming to the throne the Pharaoh commanded his architects to prepare a burial place in keeping with his status as a god-king. A site was chosen west of the Nile in one of the existing pyramid sites. The royal survey team set to work marking out the site. Great care was taken in orientating the site to the four points of the compass and in levelling the site to provide a foundation for Khufu's Great Pyramid. When the slaves had cleared away the sand and cut the site roughly to shape highly skilled masons were called in to level the foundations. This was done by cutting a grid of channels and filling them with water. The rock was then cut back to the water level to make it perfectly flat. Finally the water was drained away and the channels filled with rubble. On the Great pyramid, for example, as many as 20,000 workers may have been involved. Some of them were free men doing particular tasks such as masons, tool makers, carpenters, scribes and slave overseers. The remainder and by far the majority were slaves, naked slaves too low in status to wear clothes. Through Khufu's reign, the construction site teemed with workers of all kinds hard pressed to complete the monument before the king's death. Day after day, year after year, the quarries buzzed with activity. Through the dust the bodies of the quarry slaves stand out dark against the yellow coloured stone. Gangs of slaves bore holes using primitive drill bits and sand which acted as an abrasive. After they had drilled cores deep enough to define a block on one side, they packed the holes with pieces of porous wood and then doused it with water. The wood expands so fast that the block splits out with a crack. After the stone blocks are extracted from the quarry face they are strapped onto sledges. A mark is made on the stone by a scribe. From dawn to dusk, gangs of slaves drag the sledges loaded with stones each weighing about 2.5 tons along roadways laid with wooden planks to staging areas at the base of the pyramid. Water or oil is poured under the runners of the sledges to ease their passage. Most of the stone blocks proceed up the ramp without future handling. Only a fraction of the stone blocks needed to be cut to precise dimensions by the masons to retain the accurate alignment of the pyramid. The slaves begin hauling the loaded sledges slowly up a long clay and rubble ramp. By the time the pyramid is complete this ramp will nearly a mile long. The noise here was one of chanting slaves and the rumble of heavy sledges. At the working level teams of slaves called setters using simple levers and brute strength shifted the blocks from the sledges into their designated positions. Once the stones had been delivered the hauling gang would make their way down the ramp carrying their sledge, in order to make the same back breaking journey up as they would several times a day. Their only substantial respite from this round of toil in the hot sun was when they stopped for food, a meal of bread and onions. A number of slaves are employed in maintaining and extending the ramp as the pyramid grew. The ramp is made of rubble, bound together with desert tafla (a type of clay) and laid with planks to ease the passage of the ramps. Rows of slave labourers are seen breaking up waste material from the quarries, mixing them with the desert tafla clay and loading the finished mixture into baskets. Individual baskets are loaded onto the shoulders of slaves for delivery to the ramp builders on the pyramid. Boats made from reeds deliver brilliant white limestone from Tura just across the river. Here the slaves, in light provided by primitive lamps, toil in manmade caves to obtain the best stone. This stone will be used for the outer case of the pyramid. Once put in place and polished the effect will be dazzling. Granite often used to line the burial chambers and on some pyramids the bottom course was brought from Aswan over 400 miles (640 km) upriver on giant barges made from reeds. Some of the granite stones from Aswan weigh up to 70 tons. Copper chisels and drills used for quarrying limestone could not be used on granite. Balls of dolerite, a hard, black igneous rock, are used in the quarries of Aswan to extract the hard granite. These dolerite "pounders" were used to pulverize the stone around the edge of the granite block that needed to be extracted. Teams of naked slaves would pound out the stone toiling for hours on end in the blazing sun. At the bottom, they rammed wooden pegs into slots they had cut, and filled the slots with water. The pegs would expand, splitting the rock. Slaves would then lower the blocks onto sledges. Long lines of straining slaves, their naked bodies gleaming with sweat, drag the loaded sledges along a causeway to the river where they will be loaded onto barges and floated down the river.
How do you make an Egyptian pyramid?
You could make it out of cardboard then to make it more realistic use a/n empty carton of eggs and cut out the little bump on the bottom then pate it onto the pyramid then paint it and there you go
How did the Egyptian move the stone from thequarries site of the great pyramid?
Most of the stone came from nearby quarries. Blocks were loaded onto sledges and hauled by a gang of slaves.
What simple machine did the ancient egyptians use to help build the pyramids?
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.
How do you get on to the pyramid on binweevils?
I know how to get onto the pyramid you need your special move super jump to get across to the pyramid.
How did the transport the rock for the Egyptian pyramids?
Slaves were forced to transport them on sledges. An average pyramid stone weighed about 2.5 tons and took twenty slaves to drag it along. Water or oil was poured under the runners to reduce friction. Granite stones were brought from Aswan some 400 miles away. These were loaded on barges made from papyrus reeds and floated down the river Nile. Once they reached the pyramid site via a canal dug for the purpose they were loaded onto sledges. These stones weighed anything up to 70 tons and took over 500 slaves to move.Hehehehe
Where did the egyptians transport the rock to build the pyramids?
Most of the stones used to build pyramids were quarried close by to avoid transportation over long distances. At the Giza pyramid site the quarries can still be seen. The stones once cut of the rock face were loaded onto sledges dragged by gangs of slaves along a specially prepared causeway probably laid with wooden planks.
How did Egyptians move stone up a pyramid?
Most of the stone used was quarried locally. The most likely method was to load the stone block onto a sledge hauled by a gang of slaves using rope made from papyrus reeds. Granite was also used. This was quarried some 600 km down river and brought to the pyramid by boat. A specially built causeway links the river with the construction site. Again sledges were used to drag the stones from the river to the construction site. Hundreds of slaves were required to haul these monster blocks weighing anything up to 70 tonnes.
How did the egyptians move limestone blocks?
They built barges usually out of papyrus. They loaded the stones onto the barge and sailed them up and down the river. This allowed the Egyptains to move heavy stones such as obelisks over long distances.
How did the egyptians raise the stones onto the piramid?
Muscle power and simple mechanics, they used simple levers to lift the stones short distances such as manoeuvring it into place or lifting it on or off a sledge. To get it to the working level they built a ramp (inclined plane) up which the sledge was dragged by a gang of slaves. To ease the passage of the sledge water or oil was poured under the blades.
What did the Egyptians use to carry rocks from the quarry to the pyramid?
♪ 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.
How do you separate big stones from little stones?
One way to separate big stones from little stones is to use a sieve or mesh screen with appropriately sized holes. Pour the mixture of stones onto the sieve and shake it gently to allow the small stones to fall through while retaining the big stones on top.
How was the stone transported to build the pyramids?
In 2006 I was doing research for a university study in Australia concerning the construction of the Pyramids at Giza. Working with real excavated artefacts and ancient documents I was able to discover an ancient type of pulley that is unknown in the modern world until now. I am a mechanical fitter and people consider that my knowledge of mechanics at a practical level assisted me with this discovery.This ancient pulley walks up (or down) steps in a similar way to a three wheel step-trolley and I firmly believe that this is how the ancient Egyptians built their Pyramids. The Giza Pyramids have steps of course, which I have termed "racks" and of course there are four "racks" in a square based Pyramid. The wooden ancient Egyptian Pinion-Pulleys made positive engagements with the Pyramid's stone "racks" carrying a stone block each, rotating as they were being hoisted with ropes. No ramps were required as the Pyramid itself was used.This ancient pulley has a mechanical advantage of 2.8, thus is a simple machine and proves the Greek historian, Herodotus to be absolutely correct as he recorded wooden machines made of short wooden planks were used to raise the blocks of stone.These planks only needed to be the side length of a Pyramid block which is about one metre and were easily carried also, as Herodotus also records. Well, Herodotus was only writing what Egyptian Priests told him and Egyptian Priests recorded history as part of their duties.A working model has been made and a book about all of this has been published and I wish the World's people to know of this. This book is dedicated to the Egyptian people to promote "new awareness of their intelligent and innovative glorious historical past".RAISING STONE 1 - Paul Hai's racks & pinions theory. (121 pages)ISBN 9780646476797Please visit my website at www.haitheory.comBest regards to you all from Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia,Paul Hai(author & publisher)
