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A group of archaeologists working at the Giza pyramid complex, an archaeological site, have unearthed an ancient papyrus scroll, remains of a boat and a network of waterways at the site of the pyramid, providing new evidence that points to how the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built.
Pierre Tale, who spent four years painstakingly deciphering the papyrus written by an overseer working on the pyramid’s construction, said in the new documentary Egypt’s Great Pyramid: The New Evidence: “Since the very day of the discovery it was quite evident that we have the oldest papyrus ever found in the world.”
The document was apparently written by a man called Merer who was in charge of 40 elite sailors. Archaeologists discovered that thousands of trained workers used boats to navigate canals dug along the River Nile for the purposes of transporting limestone.
The boats were held together by thick, twisted ropes, some of which have survived and were found in good condition.
After collecting the materials, workers would bring them to an inland port a few meters from the base of the pyramid. In total, some 2.3 million blocks of stone were shipped across the land over the course of two decades.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: alphabetaone
So now all they got to figure out is how they moved a block every 2 minutes to complete the structure in the time we are told they did it in.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: alphabetaone
So now all they got to figure out is how they moved a block every 2 minutes to complete the structure in the time we are told they did it in.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: Grimpachi
you couldn't position the fulcrum and lever within the two minutes, let alone lift it and put it into a precision location and orientation within that time.
originally posted by: Grimpachi
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: Grimpachi
you couldn't position the fulcrum and lever within the two minutes, let alone lift it and put it into a precision location and orientation within that time.
Why do you believe they only had 2 minutes.
Here is a fact: We do not know how many stones it took to build the pyramids. Someone made an educated guess.
Levers. buoyancy principles, aqueduct technology, are all things they fully grasped.