How the Great Pyramids were built (maybe)

SimonC · 28 Mar 2009 at 21:51

Andr3w said:
Lies.,... it was aliens.

Second that, aliens far more believable than some... ramp.

inph · 28 Mar 2009 at 22:20

Spaceships, not necessarily aliens!

thecremeegg · 28 Mar 2009 at 22:38

Thanks for that , very interesting. Aliens is still my guess though

Amp34 · 28 Mar 2009 at 22:43

DominicStar said:
Im no architect, but does this sit right with all the hidden chambers that are still being discoverd that require crawling through etc?

Better ask an engineer!

What did come to mind at one point was that a room "filled with sand" (discovered in the 80's) could have actually been a much larger space than they think, filled with sand to save on large rocks being transported to build the pyramids (there could even be multiple "rooms" like this, it could save a huge amount of transportation and done right may not have changed the structural integrity of the rest of the building). This should have been picked up on the magnetic readings the french took though so that's unlikely.

neodude · 29 Mar 2009 at 10:23

vonhelmet said:
They had whips, dmpoole, massive whips.

Dammit, you beat me to the Red Dwarf reference :mad:

Sweetloaf · 29 Mar 2009 at 10:34

Surely it would make more sense to start from the top and work down, there are a lot less "bricks" on the top part.

MoNkeE · 29 Mar 2009 at 10:36

Sweetloaf said:
Surely it would make more sense to start from the top and work down, there are a lot less "bricks" on the top part.

..... Yes, but there'd still be the same total number of bricks.....?

Sweetloaf · 29 Mar 2009 at 10:39

MoNkeE said:
..... Yes, but there'd still be the same total number of bricks.....?

Ok, the way around that, due to these things taking years to build, is to start it off with 5-6 pregnant women doing all the work, over time their offspring would inbreed and create a workforce of thousands of retards who all knew no better life.

Hey presto, job done.

SexyGreyFox · 29 Mar 2009 at 12:15

Sweetloaf said:
Ok, the way around that, due to these things taking years to build, is to start it off with 5-6 pregnant women doing all the work, over time their offspring would inbreed and create a workforce of thousands of retards who all knew no better life.

Hey presto, job done.

That actually made me laugh out loud.

Dogoid · 29 Mar 2009 at 12:38

the doc is showing a French guy showing how it would be done today by us, not then by them.

there is still no real proof for a spiral internal ramp.

something daft already!! · 29 Mar 2009 at 12:50

It was an interesting programme which made a lot of sense. Oh, there is only one "The Great Pyramid".

SexyGreyFox · 22 May 2010 at 18:13

For anybody that is interested -

HISTORY DOCUMENTARY: Timewatch
On: BBC 2 Midlands (102)
Date: Saturday 22nd May 2010 (starting in 46 minutes)
Time: 18:55 to 19:45 (50 minutes long)

Pyramid - The Last Secret.
For centuries archaeologists have been trying to work out how the ancient Egyptians raised huge stone blocks to the top of the Great Pyramid. This documentary presents a radical theory by French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin. He believes that an internal ramp was used, which is still inside the Pyramid waiting to be discovered. If he is right, it is the greatest discovery since Tutankhamun.

It's also interesting to know that Zahi Hawass who is the Secretary General of The Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt wrote a Forward for this blokes book.

On my recent trip to the Pyramids (in April) I was just about to enter the Great Pyramid when I told my Guide about the new theory and he looked up and said "Very good, sounds plausible but that isn't the greatest mystery, the greatest mystery is how did they get all the blocks from Aswan?".
After that I kept staring at the Nile thinking about 1000s upon 1000s of boats carrying blocks down the Nile.

Spook187 · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:01

Jonny69 said:
It's all rubbish. The real story goes something like this: the egyptions were good inventors and up until about 1700bc they couldn't build anything like the pyramids. Around that time the whip was invented and all of a sudden amazing structures could be built with little more than hundreds of slaves. Some time following that the cat o' nine tails was invented and work progressed even faster and more elaborate than ever before.

Well what i read is that they were well looked after with plenty of food/housing,wasn't there tons of fish bones found at the sites.so i dont think it was forced slavery as many think.

Hades · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:11

Holy thread revival Batman!

StriderX · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:13

2009 march
2010 may
2011 October

...Seriously?

Spook187 · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:14

hehe i just seen it from dmpooles link in the time machine thread,thought there would have been more chat about this topic

Cosimo · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:16

I've just been in a time machine to Egypt.

Spook187 · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:17

simulatorman said:
I've just been in a time machine to Egypt.

where is our presents then

Destination · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:19

Spook187 said:
where is our presents then

Well would you like some sand? Some stones! Or some plague?

Nerusy · 22 Oct 2011 at 15:29

Spook187 said:
Well what i read is that they were well looked after with plenty of food/housing,wasn't there tons of fish bones found at the sites.so i dont think it was forced slavery as many think.

Mhmm I heard egyptian builders were not slaves, the opposite in fact, it was regarded as highly respectable profession.

I know this thread is quite old but I am glad it was revived, it does look like a good explanation, so was this "theory" proven by now or is it still equal among other theories?