Who built the pyramids?

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You're not a Stargate SG1 fan then.

Indeed...



... and did you wet yourself as well, Blue Max?

That's the argument the academic community gives for the creation and genius of the human species.

But we havent established what the pyramids are for yet.

And there is no reason to suspect the pre-dynastic Egyptians could either.
I live in Australia where there are plenty of convict built buildings.
A convict in this case was comparable to a slave.
Based on the 'accepted' view of Egyptian archeologists, the tools available at the time to the pyramid builders were more primitive than the tools available to 18th century Australian convicts.
Yet in no convict building to be found is there even one stone cut to the accuracy of any block on any of the Giza pyramids.

And how much time are we talking here?
-20 years for each pyramid.
How many blocks in the Great Pyramid?
-Two million and three hundred thousand.
How big are the blocks?
-The average weight of the blocks is two and a half tons each.
There is 6,840,000 tons of limestone and granite blocks in total.
Every face of every one of these blocks is flat, square, true and on size to within two hundredths of an inch.
And they were all 'made by guys pounding them perfectly flat square and to size with other rocks'!

My question is: How long would it take a mason of today to pound one multi-ton rough split slab into one of these finished pyramid bricks to within two hundreths of an inch - using a smaller rock.


That's right, you can move them a few inches.

50 to 100 thousand men for twenty years or 2 thousand thousand man years (at probably 12 hours per day) or 2 million man years. More than enough labor to do the job.

The Pyramids were not built by aliens and stones have to be either lifted or rolled up ramps.

ruveyn

It is racist to accuse Egyptians of being too inept (i.e., stupid, weak, et cetera) to construct their own pyramids.

The Egyptians invented writing and calculation for themselves. They were masters at managing vast public works projects. They were master stone workers, they were clever mechanics and practical engineers, and (mark this well) they were top notch surveyors and astronomers The Greeks learned geometry from the Egyptians. In fact the greek word Geometry literally means surveying or (Earth) (Measurement) geo metrein. The main greek contribution was in transforming Egyptian technique from a collection of practical rules of thumb to an axiomatic system where the results could be inferred logically from a small number of assumption. The Egyptians invented surveying. The Greeks invented the Theorem.

ruveyn

Why are you assuming the stones were carried and not poured?

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/pyramid-tt0402.html

Some may have been poured, but the materials still has to be hauled up to the construction site, and only ordinary muscle power is needed for that.

"Propose no cause that the available evidence will not support." This is a version of Occam's Razor, which is a tool of reason that eliminates magic, psychic powers, and extra-terrestrial involvement in the construction of the pyramids, since there is no evidence to support anything other than ordinary muscle power in their construction.

Questions are not evidence. Assumptions are not evidence. Superstition, racial prejudice, and general ignorance of ordinary scientific principles are not evidence.

All available evidence points to human labor as the primary force in the construction of the pyramids.

Not sure you understood my point.

If the stones were poured, then human labor becomes a very plausible explanation.

(Though I also suspect that there's validity to the argument that the pyramids were built quite a bit earlier than is generally assumed.)

So how long would it take you to accurately shape one two and a half ton limestone block using only another rock to hit it with?

The I suggest you refrain from doing so.

Essentially the pyramids are a pile of rocks with a dead guy underneath. They represent an obscene waste of manpower and resources.

If you want to marvel at some ancient engineering/building projects, check out some Roman waterworks.

The true measure of a civilization is measured by how far away the turd ends up when you take a crap.

I never have. I suggest that you refrain from stating or implying that I've said otherwise.

Those who even suggest that extra-terrestrials had to have been involved in constructing the pyramids are making a racist statement against the Egyptians.

The Egyptians used metal cutting tools.

They also used wooded wedges to widen the cracks.

Who needs aliens?

ruveyn

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