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Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

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Re: Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

#11

Questionable source imo.

Check out the video first. It is a fascinating theory Other sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2526467/Were-...

Well, the Mail's a cheap tabloid too...

I'm no Egyptologist, but I think I'm right in saying that this guy is arguing against something (the whole long-ramp thing) that's been at least thought unlikely, if not wholly disproven, for some decades now.

Re: Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

#12

Questionable source imo.

Check out the video first. It is a fascinating theory Other sources: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2526467/Were-...

neither the mirror, nor the dailymail are particularly reliable sources.

Re: Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

#16
I am not convinced that the Egyptians could build watertight channels at this scale, especially those shown climbing up the slope of the pyramid which would have to be watertight at the top too, and under great pressure. Also one or two packages could easily get stuck in the "pipe" jamming the whole thing. Finally, the video likely downplays the number of floaters necessary to lift a block of stone.

Re: Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

#17

Questionable source imo.

Why would an archaeologist be more qualified to guess how they built the pyramids than an engineer who studied the pyramids for years?

Or are you saying we should just dismiss all of the content because you don't like the organization that published it?

I question your belief that you can evaluate information based on the organization that provides it. Or at least that some popular or well-respected organization can be trusted to provide good information. In fact, oftentimes the most widely trusted organizations have the most invested in maintaining the status quo, which makes facts subservient to that core need to sustain the venerable order of things.

Re: Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

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post #13

Good theorie, but now i wonder how they got the water up. There must be evidence of pump or large amounts of buckets :D

They had thousands of slaves.

The pyramids were actually not built by slaves. There's quite a bit of evidence that would suggest this.

Re: Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

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post #13

Good theorie, but now i wonder how they got the water up. There must be evidence of pump or large amounts of buckets :D

They had thousands of slaves.

Were they slaves? I've often seen reference that they were citizens working on the pyramid as payment of taxes in the form of manual labour, add to that your boss and the building were being built for, who to them was, a God.

I'd say whatever the most simple explanation is the answer I could see either rubble or ramps.

Re: Engineer: Egyptians built pyramids by piling rubble and attaching bricks later

#20

I am not convinced that the Egyptians could build watertight channels at this scale, especially those shown climbing up the slope of the pyramid which would have to be watertight at the top too, and under great pressure. Also one or two packages could easily get stuck in the "pipe" jamming the whole thing. Finally, the video likely downplays the number of floaters necessary to lift a block of stone.

How feasible is it to even float massive stone blocks by attaching animal skin balloons to them as is done in the video? I would have figured that you would need many more than are shown. Also, how would you protect the balloons from pushing out of their restraints as they rub against the upper diagonal wall of the near-vertical channels?
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