Is This How They Did It?

[Byron In Exile]

So, the Old Kingdom Egyptians had rope-technology. [shrug]

And that's about all they had.

Yet they were able to figure a way to hoist 50-ton granite blocks up the side of a pyramid.

 

[Byron In Exile]

He's the first person to develop a plausible theory that engineers cannot disprove.

I don't think so

 

[Byron In Exile]

http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/egyptian-pyramids/grand-gallery-khufu.jpg

 

[Byron In Exile]

Great Youtube about an impressive French architect and his theory about how the great pyramid was built. Damn impressive theory, amazing man:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTgxGJfXRQ0

That was really interesting.

Thanks for posting it.

 

[Saint Peter]

It is a big stack of rocks.


Get the fuck over it.

 

[Byron In Exile]

It is a big stack of rocks.

Get the fuck over it.

Yeah, it's a stack of rocks.

http://www.celticnz.org/images/Crosshouse/Grand%20Gallery.jpg

But it won't rust.

 

[Saint Peter]

Rust?

Not much of that in my shop. You could eat off the floor if security allows you to go into the place.

 

[Byron In Exile]

Rust?

Not much of that in my shop. You could eat off the floor if security allows you to go into the place.

So you're saying that you could build a pyramid with copper, ropes, and some cedar wood?

And it wouldn't be a big deal?

 

[Saint Peter]

So you're saying that you could build a pyramid with copper, ropes, and some cedar wood?

And it wouldn't be a big deal?

No.


I would also need some big rocks.

 

[Byron In Exile]

No.

I would also need some big rocks.

And how would you get them?

 

[Saint Peter]

And how would you get them?

I would force you and your people to gather them while I sat in the shade and feasted on figs.

 

[KRCummings]

I don't see the big deal. You get a crane, an earth mover, maybe a couple DC9's, some slaves. There ya go.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Time moves slower, the nearer the pyramid you get.

 

[Byron In Exile]

I would force you and your people to gather them while I sat in the shade and feasted on figs.

That's... surprising. But they didn't "gather" them. They had to bust them out at a quarry, and then they had to be floated up the Nile to the site, then transported from the river to the pyramid, and then hauled up the face of it.

They were rectangular, and each stone weighed 2.5 tons.

And a man of your capabilities is just going to sit back and eat figs while this is happening?

I'm stunned that you would say that.

 

[Byron In Exile]

I don't see the big deal. You get a crane, an earth mover, maybe a couple DC9's, some slaves. There ya go.

No slaves were involved.

It was just... "free food and free beer."

 

[Byron In Exile]

Also, free medical care.

The Egyptians knew how to reset broken bones.

 

[Lancecastor]

And how would you get them?

I'd call Vetteman so he could Google them and paste them together for me.

 

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[Lancecastor]

The DC9 is to bring the bitches.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIzb7PiHtI/AAAAAAAAADU/GqsrFcueM-I/s1600/bunny_in_flight_2.jpg

 

[KingOrfeo]

And that's about all they had.

Yet they were able to figure a way to hoist 50-ton granite blocks up the side of a pyramid.

Yeah, BFD. They spent at least 20 years building that thing . . . It's been sitting out there for 4,500 years . . . Still doesn't fly!

 

[KyleW]

Maybe you aren't aware that your name is ManJunk.

haha that made me laugh out loud.

 

[KRCummings]

You mean D9's, architect?

I did not notice that. Still, a plane might be nice, too.

 

[Tryharder62]

The title of this thread made me think there was going to be some awesome sex position.

 

[glynndah]

Rust?

Not much of that in my shop. You could eat off the floor if security allows you to go into the place.

I was so hoping to get to sit at the table this time.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I watched it. It was great and was the most plausible explanation. Aliens did not build the pyramids

The architect guy actually seems to have determined a perfectly reasonable, and scientifically probable, explanation as to how a bunch of very determined fuckers from 5,000 yrs ago built the Pyramids.