Scientists Finally Explain How Pyramids Were Built

Consider the Great Pyramids to be one of the original Seven Wonders of the World and the only one that remains standing today. However, in ancient Egypt, it was believed that kings were chosen by the gods to act as their intermediaries in the afterlife, and that they would eventually become gods themselves. The pyramid complex was constructed to ensure that the king had everything they would require in the afterlife, and it included a pyramid, a palace, and temples. The king's tomb, which was located inside the pyramid, was filled with numerous items, including food, furniture, and gold vessels. some weren't finished though since the construction took a while and not every Pharaoh lived long enough to see the end of the construction and now let's talk about the construction itself the biggest of the Pyramids of Giza is as tall as a 40 story building so how on Earth did they manage to build a structure that massive 5,000 years ago long before machines and other equipment appeared well let's figure it out so pharoh k Fu ascended the throne around 2575 BCE and his Architects started the construction of the oldest and biggest of the Pyramids of Giza he figured that over 2 million Limestone blocks had to be used to build the Pyramid each weighing around 2 and 1/2 tons around the weight of a rhino the architect wanted to finish the construction in 20 years to make it possible a stone had to be carried and pushed into place every 4 minutes 24 hours a day 7 days a week and 365 days a year except leap year so obviously a lot of workers were needed to make it happen many believe that it was enslaved people who worked at the pyramids construction site but that's not true workers came from all over Egypt to contribute to the project all in all around 25,000 of them the Egyptians were doing all kinds of work starting with manual labor and crafting tools to administrative work they all worked around 10 hours a day they were housed and wellfed and they were overall living a more comfortable life than an average Egyptian could afford at that time supposedly the builders lived in a nearby temporary City and were a highly organized Community with a strong leader the pyramids seem to be designed to align with the points on a compass and their sides symbolized the Rays of the Sun but back at that time there were no compasses ancient Egyptians figured out out the directions themselves and with amazing Precision to align the pyramids they used two constellations the construction site was arranged on the West Bank of the Nile River this also had a symbolic meaning just like the sun sets in the West Life sets in the west as well the second Pyramid of Giza was for kufu son Pharaoh kafer it's a bit smaller but this one has the famous noseless statue of the Sphinx of course originally it had a nose I would tell you what happened to it but it's still a mystery and no one knows for sure sphinxes have the body of a lion and the head of a human they were considered guardians of important areas this famous Sphinx also pronounced Sphinx has the head of pharaoh Coffer and is guarding his pyramid facing the sunrise the Sphinx is one of the biggest and oldest statues in the world originally it not only had a nose but was also painted scientists have discovered traces of the red color of its face so most likely the Sphinx was painted red there are also remains of yellow and blue color on its body the statue definitely wasn't boring till around 1800 the Sphinx was buried up to its shoulders until an adventurer with a team of 160 men dug it out but let's get back to the construction the workers of course needed stone blocks there were two main places where people could get these Stones One source was near the building site, but the fossil-lined yellow stone was only fit for the inside of the pyramid; the limestone blocks for the outside had to be transported eight miles distant on 30-ton sleds, and it didn't seem too difficult to pull them. cutting off a block of limestone wasn't the biggest challenge when it was soft and could be split relatively easily, but after being exposed to the air, limestone hardens, so the most difficult part was shaping the blocks. This step was crucial because the slightest errors could cause the entire pyramid to collapse. The sand mixed with the appropriate amount of water was fairly slick, and ten people could move a sled even with a rock weighing so much.

so okay those limestones were mined carried on a sled shaped and then what how could they be put into place well this is still a mystery archaeologists have discovered the remains of a ramp system that dates back around the time the pyramids were being built so historians have come to the consensus that most likely the Egyptians designed a unique ramp system to move and pull huge stone blocks the most common opinion is that there were several ramps around the pyramid there probably was a central ramp with two staircases on each side of it built over the pyramid Stones the ramp was growing as the pyramid was getting higher people might have been walking up the stairs pulling up stones on wooden sleds but this is just one of the options other experts say that the ramps were around the pyramid and some say that the ramps were inside the pyramid maybe we will never know for sure and it'll forever remain a mystery the exterior Limestone of the pyramid was polished with Sand and Stone until it gleamed on top there was a gold and silver Capstone which glimmered over Egypt like a second sun so that's how it was 5,000 years ago now about the interior surprisingly there's not much inside the pyramid most of it is just solid stone with very little open space but let's take a quick look inside from the entrance there are two stairways one going down and the other going up they take us to the chambers there are three of them inside now why is that apparently throughout the whole construction a burial chamber had to be prepared at all times just in case a pharaoh kicked the bucket before the construction ended so separate Chambers were built one after another as the construction progressed the last of them was the main one it's called The King's chamber it's the one where kufu was resting it's the biggest room at the very heart of the pyramid and there's a big passageway leading to it was likely used as a kind of el elevator to move Granite up to build the interior Granite was also used to make five stories of support beams to ensure that the pyramid didn't collapse and we can see that it worked since it's been standing for centuries unfortunately none of these Chambers have hieroglyphs on the walls if you want to see the writings you should go to the decorated tombs near the pyramids those pieces of art are depiction of ancient Egypt's culture and daily life the texts allow researchers to study their language and grammar the treasures that once were in the pyramids have been taken by people there are also many secret tunnels and passages inside the pyramids but even today no one knows the whole plan of the Interior scientists have been sending little robots with cameras inside for many years but there's still a lot we don't know about the pyramids now they're trying to use an x-ray to scan the pyramids from the outside without going inside so yeah ancient Egyptians did create a mystery no one has been able to crack for 5,000 years already. Alright, so those limestones were extracted and transported in the form of a sled. But how they were installed remains a mystery. Historians agree that the Egyptians most likely used a special ramp system to move and pull massive stone blocks since archaeologists have found remnants of a ramp system that was in place while the pyramids were being constructed. The prevailing belief is that the pyramid was surrounded by many ramps. It is likely that there was a central ramp with two stairs erected over it on each side. Stones the ramp was expanding as the pyramid grew higher, and it's possible that people were using wooden sleds to drag up stones as they ascended the steps, but this is just one theory. Perhaps we'll never know for sure, and it will always remain a mystery since some experts claim the ramps were within the pyramid, while others claim they were outside. the exterior Limestone of the pyramid was polished with Sand and Stone until it gleamed on top there was a gold and silver Capstone which glimmered over Egypt like a second sun so that's how it was 5,000 years ago now about the interior surprisingly there's not much inside the pyramid most of it is just solid stone with very little open space but let's take a quick look inside from the entrance there are two stairways one going down and the other going up they take us to the chambers there are three of them inside now why is that apparently throughout the whole construction a burial chamber had to be prepared at all times just in case a pharaoh kicked the bucket before the construction ended so separate Chambers were built one after another as the construction progressed the last of them was the main one it's called The King's chamber it's the one where kufu was resting it's the biggest room at the very heart of the pyramid and there's a big passageway leading to it it was likely used as a kind of el elevator to move Granite up to build the interior Granite was also used to make five stories of support beams to ensure that the pyramid didn't collapse and we can see that it worked since it's been standing for centuries unfortunately none of these Chambers have hieroglyphs on the walls if you want to see the writings you should go to the decorated tombs near the pyramids The writings enable scholars to examine the language and grammar of ancient Egypt, since those artworks portray the country's culture and way of life. There are many hidden passageways and tunnels inside the pyramids, but no one knows the full layout of the interior. Scientists have been sending small robots inside the pyramids for a long time, but there is still a lot we don't know about them. Currently, efforts are underway to use an x-ray machine to scan the pyramids from the outside without having to go inside. So, yes, the ancient Egyptians have created a mystery that has eluded researchers for 5,000 years.