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An average block used on the Great Pyramid is 2.5 tons which is estimated to have needed a gang of about twenty.
Some blocks weighed up to 70 tonnes so you are talking about a gang of 500 men
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How did Egyptions build pyramids?
The most accepted theory as how the Egyptians built the Pyramids is that they cut big limestone blocks with copper chisels and saws. Many men dragged them to the pyramid site and pushed the first layer of stones into place. Next, they built long ramps of earth and brick to drag up the next layer of stones. They continued this process until they made it to the top, finishing off the Pyramid.
How did the workers get the big stone blocks up to each layer of the pyramid?
Nobody knows for sure, but the most credible and accepted solution is that the Egyptians used a ramp built from rubble and desert clay, known as tafla. Such a deposit of tafla has been discovered close to the pyramid site at Gizeh. The ramp progressively spiralled upwards as the pyramid grew. Heavy stones were placed on sledges and pulled up manually by gangs of slaves. An average block used on the Great Pyramid weighed in at about 2.5 tons which needed about 20 slaves to drag it up the ramp. Vestiges of such ramps have been discovered in several locations.
How did they buid pyramids?
The Egyptians built the pyramid out of pure manpower; they didn't have cranes, pulleys, or bulldozers to help build the pyramid. Just men. To get the stone block out of the quarry, workers used wooden mallets, chisels, granite rocks and saws to cut out the huge 2-4 ton blocks out. Workers used the mallets to pound the chisel into the rock, they used the harder granite rocks to bash out the softer limestone block, which would be extremely hard because the rock would get dull quickly, and the worker could pound for ages and still only get a dent in the rock. Then when they finished cutting it out, more workers pried it off onto sleds. A team of farmers then pulled the heavy stone block over wet logs or palm tree leaves. If there weren't enough logs, workers had to put the last log to the front over and over again. If the quarry was very far away from the pyramid, the farmers would have to drag them onto a boat that floated down to the Nile closer to the building site where they would unload the block. Then another team of workers would drag the block away with the same process. When they dragged the block to the pyramid, they had to drag the block up temporary ramps placed around the unfinished pyramid. There, more people heaved the block off and started placing it in the right position in the pyramid. There were also people to make sure that the blocks were aligned perfectly. Then, more workers chiseled off the rough surface and made it smooth.When the workers finished the pyramid, painters inside would start painting scenes of daily life, or scenes of battle. The painters also drew colorful and exquisite designs on the walls. Sometimes scribes wrote prayers on the walls too.
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 they make the pyramids of Egypt?
These huge structures were built without the help of equipment such as cranes and bulldozers. The ancient Egyptians used tools of copper, a softer metal than iron. Wooden wedges to help prise the stone from the quarry face and levers to help put the stones in place were also used in building the pyramids. Building a pyramid was dirty, difficult and dangerous work. It required meticulous planning and organization. Two varieties of stone were used, limestone and granite. The limestone which made up the bulk of the pyramid was quarried locally. The granite had to be brought from the quarries at Aswan to where the pyramid was being built. They were transported on the Nile River in massive reed boats. The average weight of one of the pyramid's stone block is two and half tonnes. Some of the Aswan blocks, however, weighed up to 70 tonnes. To complete the Great Pyramid at Giza, one stone block was quarried, shaped and placed in position every two minutes for 20 years. It was this hard monotonous work that was done by slaves. Building plans showing how the pyramid was built have never been found, experts use present knowledge about construction to make some intelligent guesses. One can see though how the ancient Egyptians were ingenious people as you look at the work it took to build a pyramid. The limestone blocks were cut out in the quarries close the pyramid site. Most of these blocks were roughly cut to size. Only where precision was needed were they dressed and trimmed often to an exacting standard by the masons. Once the limestone blocks quarried they were hauled on sledges along a causeway by gangs of slaves. Water was poured around the sledges to help them slide. A spiralling ramp of mud, brick and rubble was used to haul the blocks to the level where building was going on. Once at the working level the blocks were man-handled into position by levers and brute force by further gangs of slaves called setters. Once relieved of their load the hauliers would then make their weary way back down the ramp to start the whole process again. A canal connected the pyramid site with the Nile. Here granite brought down from Aswan and fine limestone from Tura was unloaded. These were special stones that involved a lot of preparation in their quarrying, dressing and transportation. A vast amount of labour, of quarrymen, masons and of course slaves.
How were the pyramid stones shipped to Giza?
Most of the stone for the great pyramid was quarried locally. The stone which was not was floated down the Nile River on a barge made from papyrus reeds to a jetty close to the pyramid site. Here ropes were tied to the sledges on which the stones rested. Then gangs of naked slaves would drag them to the pyramid site.
How did the Egyptian raise the stones onto the pyramid?
Skilled stone cutters in Egypt made stones
What size were the stones used to build the Great Pyramid?
The average stone weighs 2.5 tons but some stones weigh as much as 70 tons
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How did Egyptions build pyramids?
The most accepted theory as how the Egyptians built the Pyramids is that they cut big limestone blocks with copper chisels and saws. Many men dragged them to the pyramid site and pushed the first layer of stones into place. Next, they built long ramps of earth and brick to drag up the next layer of stones. They continued this process until they made it to the top, finishing off the Pyramid.
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How did they drag the stone blocks to the top of the pyramid?
the block once quarried was placed on a sledge by a gang of about 20 naked slaves hauling on ropes made from papyrus reeds. Water or oil was poured under the runner to reduce friction. To get to the working level and eventually to the top they most likely built a ramp. This may have been a single ramp extended as the pyramid grew or one that spiralled around the structure.
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