The 5 most plausible pyramid building theories

One of the most perplexing mysteries in human history is how to explain the incredible engineering feat that went into the construction of the Great Pyramids of Egypt. For thousands of years, historians, architects and scientists have tried to find the best explanation for these massive structures. To this day, the mystery has not been fully solved. No one really knows how it was done. But many explanations have been offered, and we will test the five most plausible theories for the construction of the Great Pyramid.

Naturally, when we think of building a structure, the first thought that pops into our minds is the use of a crane to move heavy metal or stone. The first pyramids were stepped pyramids with huge flat planes on which heavy cranes could stand and operate. Of course, ancient cultures knew about levers and pulley systems, and they probably used something similar to build the first pyramids. However, a crane standing on such a small surface hardly explains the existence of the Great Pyramids of Egypt. More advanced construction techniques are needed to explain how the geometric pyramids found at Giza were built.

An interesting and strange explanation for the pyramids is that they were originally naturally formed mountains, and then the rocks were laid on these hills from the top down, rather than from the bottom up. This idea was first suggested in an article published in the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette at a meeting of scientists in 1884. Maybe that's what Herodotus meant when he said the pyramids were built "from the top down". Hey, at least it's an imaginative, if absurd, proposal.

One of the most challenging skills in building the pyramids seems to have been the Egyptians' ability to cut the rocks with such precision that they stacked up with barely any space between them. Not even a sheet of paper could fit two stones. How did the Egyptians achieve such tightness and perfection? We can't reproduce this now with the most powerful diamond blades. Perhaps one reasonable way to achieve a perfectly smooth rock surface would be to pour liquid limestone concrete and then encase it in a way that would easily form a perfect geometry. There seems to be some evidence to support this theory. Under a microscope, Egyptian antiquarian Jean-Philippe Lauer found air bubbles on the surface of the rock, which means that air could have been trapped under the liquid concrete. According to the Journal of the American Ceramic Society, the elements in the stone appear to have formed in a very rapid process, suggesting that this is evidence for cement.

This is the first theory on this list that makes sense. While trying to devise a plausible slope theory, people eventually began to realize that a spiral slope could be built at the same time as a pyramid. It would extend along the outside of the pyramid, rising as the pyramid was built. Proponents of this external spiral ramp theory include Mark Rayner, an archaeologist with a PhD from Yale University. The main problem in using spiral ramps is maneuvering the stones around the corners. Dragging the boulder up the ramp is difficult enough, but having to turn it around adds another difficulty. This is where the external spiral ramp theory fails, and more viable methods are needed

The more time people spend trying to figure out how humans built the pyramids, the more the answers seem to point elsewhere. Although mainstream scholars generally oppose alien intervention, a significant number of Egyptologists and historians believe the pyramids were built by aliens. Upon hearing this theory, many would immediately ridicule it. However, extraterrestrial intervention is a perfectly reasonable theory. Based on what we know about the pyramids, we can reasonably conclude that ancient civilizations could not have built these incredible structures on their own. Even with the advanced technology we have today, we would be completely incapable of building pyramids like the ones in Egypt. It is therefore incomprehensible that an ancient, primitive civilization would have possessed the technology and ingenuity to build pyramids with such sophistication. The Great Pyramid of Giza faces almost exactly north, with a deviation of only 3/3 of 60 degrees, which is more precise than the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, which points 9/60 of a degree to the north. Another remarkable mathematical feature of the Great Pyramid is that the circumference divided by the height equals 2π, with only a small variation. There are many other precise figures about the pyramids, but most importantly, we must consider the speed of construction. Considering that 2.3 million stones weighing an average of 2.5 tons, it is estimated that one stone would have been placed every two minutes. This includes all the time it takes to perfectly cut the rocks, transport them for miles across the desert, haul them up the ramp to the pyramids, and then place them perfectly in their proper place. It's hard to believe that primitive people did all of this.