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Pyramids
The pyramids were built thousands of years ago. They were built to honor their Pharaohs, Gods and Goddesses. These days, they are one of the greatest tourist attractions.
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How did the egyptians move stones to build pyramid?
they were placed on wooden sledges and dragged along plank roads by gangs of slaves using ropes made from papyrus. Water or oil was poured on the runners to overcome friction.
Although the common theory is to simply deduce that the use of man power was in fact how the stones, weighing to to 100 tons, were drug along the sandy terrain and placed in stacks up to the top of a pyramid; it's simply not plausible. There have been many recreation attempts by scientists and scholars alike, yet the most nearing success was a recreation where the largest block transported was a meager 2.5 tons. Imitation with materials that are even better show how implausible man power was. Rather, it is more ideal to take into account how the Earth interacts with magnetic polarity. Edward Leedskalnin was able to construct a giant structure by himself that was made up of 1,100 tons of coral, including blocks that were up to 30 tons. By utilizing the polarity of iron and the magnetic properties of the Earth, a strike could line up atoms and drastically reduce the weight of a 30 ton block to allow feasible transportation. No matter how many people are tying papyrus and no matter how many tons of oil was poured on runners, 100 ton blocks cannot be pulled to the pinnacle of a scaling pyramid. Nowadays construction workers of the most superior scale have trouble moving anything near 100 tons. Although Leedskalnin passed away without giving up his secret, he did leave clues that it was all about polarity. Including his experiment that levitated a grid of copper, with the advancement of simplistic technology and anti-gravity of ancient civilizations, this was about the only possible explanation.
Who built more pyramids and temples than any other pharaoh?
He built no pyramids but he built temples, statues of himself and a massive rock tomb. His name Ramses II.
How do you make a fake pyramid?
Shortly after ascending the throne in 2589BC, Pharaoh Khufu commands his nephew Hemiunu the royal overseer of works, to prepare a burial place in keeping with his status as a god-king, a pyramid tomb far grander than anything that had been built before or since. A site was chosen on the Giza plateau west of the Nile not far from his capital at Memphis. 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.
At any one time as many as 20,000 workers may have been involved on this massive project. 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 sun baked bodies of the quarry slaves stand out dark against the yellow limestone. 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. This aided them to place the blocks in the pyramid just as they came out of the quarry ensuring a good fit without further finishing.
From dawn to dusk, gangs drag the sledges loaded with stones each weighing about 2.5 tons to staging areas at the base of the pyramid. 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. The slaves begin hauling the loaded sledges slowly up the clay and rubble ramp that spiralled around the emerging structure. The noise here is one of chanting slaves and the rumble of heavy sledges. Naked under the burning sun and streaming with sweat, the slaves bend to their thankless task.
At the working level teams of slaves called setters, using nothing more than primitive levers, brute force and experience from hard labour, shift the blocks from the sledges into their designated positions. Once the stones are 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. Toiling below were the support workers and guards under the watchful eyes of the Pharaoh's project managers, the scribes.
Other slaves are employed in maintaining and extending the ramps as the pyramid grew. These ramps are 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 awe inspiring.
Giant reed barges brought granite from Aswan over 400 miles upriver. Some of the granite stones from Aswan weigh 70 tons. Copper chisels used for quarrying limestone could not be used, a harder material was required. 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. To achieve this, a team of naked slaves would pound out the stone over a period of several days. At the bottom, they ram wooden pegs into slots they have cut, and fill the slots with water. The pegs will expand and split the rock with a resounding crack much more impressive than anything heard with the softer limestone. Then with hundreds of slaves hauling on ropes the great blocks are lowered onto long sledges. Long lines slaves, their bodies gleaming with sweat; drag the blocks to the river where they are loaded onto the barges.
What things would you need to build a real pyramid?
You need hundreds (possibly millions) of limestone blocks and about 30,000 slaves.
Egyptains placed clothing weapons furniture and jewelry in pyramids to?
To be used by the pharaoh in the afterlife.
Why would the interior be very dark in the great pyramid?
I would definitely think so. No light could go through all the twists and turns of the maze-like inside.
Are there Pyramids in Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamians built ziggurats which were structures that resembled step pyramids. These step pyramids could have up to seven levels or steps and had rectangular bases. The ziggurat was a temple used to honor their gods.
He ruled from about 2603 to 2599 B.C.
He was also known as Khubu or Khuba.
How long ago was the pyramid of Cheops built?
The Great Pyramid of Giza was built between 2560-2540 BC.
What were the blocks to pyramids made of?
Most of the bocks for the Giza group of pyramids were quarried locally which saved an awful lot of labour. Granite was also used this had to be brought 430 miles down river from quarries located at Aswan. The white stone used to case the pyramids was quarried at a place called Tura just across the river from Giza.
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.
What city is the Great Pyramid of Giza located in?
Yes, the pyramids of Giza are in the Sahara desert.
You spell it like this : sarcophagus so you spelt it right
Why are the 3 pyramids of Giza different sizes?
The Egyptians built they pyramids in different sizes because the wanted to have a little variety. It'd be boring to see the same pyramid in three different places.
What pyramids were made in the new kingdom of Egypt?
Many New Kingdom pyramid exists at Deir-el-Medina, a workman's village. These were made of mud brick and were significantly smaller than the pyramids at Giza, which were built in the Old Kingdom. New Kingdom pyramids also exist in various other locations all throughout Egypt.
What was the first Pyramid type structure built in Egypt?
the step pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser at Saqarra
How did Aliens build the pyramids?
Since no one else has been willing to touch this question, I may as well.
To begin with, we have to start with a couple rather HUGE suppositions:
- Aliens exist (we have no evidence)
- Aliens have come to earth (only anecdotal evidence)
- Aliens enjoy atypical architecture (sure, why not)
- Aliens did in fact build the pyramids
Once we accept those suppositions, its a trivial matter of making a few more: The aliens that came to earth had either anti gravity beams (or tractor beams) or were telekinetic and threw them together in an afternoon at which point, people came in and decorated.
PERSONALLY,
I think the more interesting question is how did PEOPLE build the pyramids. There's been a pervasive argument that people could not have constructed something so mathematically precise, moved such large stones cut from a quarry miles away and then pushed them into position. And, at face value, I couldn't do it either, so the logic makes a bit of sense.
However, we now know from written records that the Nile river was actually diverted to create streams which allowed the rocks to be boated up the quarry rather easily from the quarry in which they were cut for at least the great pyramid at Cheops's. Its not unreasonable to assume they did it for the others as well.
We also know that given a long enough lever, a single person could feasibly move a 2-3 ton stone into position. Given a little bit of time, a few extra people (like the couple thousand who are recorded as having worked on the pyramids) and shorter levers, its quite feasible that the stones could have been pushed into position fairly effectively with VERY primitive equipment.
We also now know that Egyptians actually had forms of calculus, extremely complex mathematics, and were able to do very difficult calculations without a mechanical device. Granted, we only have bits and pieces of what remains of cuneiform tablets and a few papyrus reeds, but the essentials are there.
Finally, based off empirical studies and computer models, we have now proven that the rather large army that the egyptians had on hand could have indeed built the pyramids in a couple decades, possibly faster.
Now don't get me wrong. I understand the appeal of aliens. I understand why we like to imagine that they had some sort of role in our past, and its true, there are records which may indicate that aliens HAVE visited earth.
But I think its insulting to us a species, and to the builders themselves, to write it off as impossible. Time and again the human race has proven its capacity to do remarkable things. This one just took a bit more planning. :P
When were most of the great Egyptian pyramids built?
Pyramid building in ancient Egypt lasted from 2650BC to the time of the new kingdom c.1550BC. The greatest pyramid period was in the 4th dynasty (2613-2498BC) when the three pyramids (including the red pyramid, the first true pyramid) built by Snefru and the three great pyramids at Giza were built. Included in the Giza group is the Great Pyramid of Khufu (reigned 2589-66BC) the biggest and most accurately built of them all. The Great Pyramid remained the tallest structure in the world until it was surpassed by the spire of Lincoln Cathedral in the 14th century. The spire of Lincoln cathedral is long gone the earliest surviving structure today at 900ft is the Eiffel Tower built in 1889.
What things are shaped like a pentagonal pyramid?
Pyramids are often thought of as the tombs in ancient Egypt.
Why Does Great Sphinx of Giza Missing A Nose?
Nobody knows. Some think it fell because french solders used it for target practice.
It also might of just fallen by nature.
What were the different parts of a pyramid in Egypt for?
the core blocks, the packing blocks, and the outer casing blocks.
How were the blocks brought higher as the pyramid grew taller?
they had to use leverage to move the blocks higher and higher.
