Can some one give me a reasonable explanation on how the pyramids were built?

Question

Can some one give me a reasonable explanation on how the pyramids were built?

Answer 1

I dont believe anyone knows, otherwise it wouldnt be one of the wonders of the world.

Answer 2

one brick at a time.

Answer 3

lol the movie 10,000 BC has a pretty good demonstration of it... you should watch the movie

Answer 4

We know that after constructing the central core that contained the subterranean passages and most of the chambers the outer masonry that made the pyramid form was put in place by using earthen ramps sloping at around 45% and specially built sleds pulled by teams of 20 men -varying in number on the size of the limestone block.

After the pyramid was constructed and the pyramidion or capstone was put insitu,then the outer casing of highly polished limestone was added which gave the pyramid a dazzling sheen.

The finshed effect must have beeen incredible and made these amazing monolithic monuments seems even more "of the gods" as they were intended to be.

These casing stones were put in place, starting at the top and the masons worked their way down the pyramid face.

As each layer was completed the ramp was removed and the sand and earth carted away from the immediate area. Much of it was reused locally, as mudbrick in the construction of store houses, the workers village,the pyramids causeways to the Nile and also in the making if its small harbour or jetty.

Rather than go into a long detailed desctiption of exactly how this was achieved I will refer you to a very good site that also has an interactive game where you can test your knowledge as a pyramid bulder.

Contrary to what was once traditional opinion, we know now that the pyramids were built using willing labour force.

Each nome or province thoughout Egypt was expected to send a specified number of able bodied men to work on "public works"including the construction of the pyramids during the season of the inundation, when the flooding of the Nile made agricultural work impossible.

Very few slaves were used and certainly not the Hebrew or the Habiru,for they had not yet entered Egypt.

There was also a permanent labour force that lived in what was likely the first "company town" in history and its inhabitants were the craftsmen and tool makers as well as doctors,dentists and a vast array of other proffesionals one could expect to find to support the workers   .

I will refer you to this site which has very detailed correct information, plus an interactive game where you can test your skills as a pyramid builder.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egy...