We humans do have a knack of surprising ourselves, don't we? We've built very tall buildings. We've built very complicated machines to perform experiments. We've landed on the moon. And many other great achievements. But modern accomplishments are clear, are they not? Simply because we can see through videos or in front of our own eyes how our fellow humans are building them.
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But I like to share, and together we wonder, how the hell did our ancestors built some of the great achievements in the past?
I mean, there were no sophisticated machines to help them with. Some of the things seemed impossible, even!
What are they?
Well, since there are a lot of them, I am just going for the Pyramid of Giza that still hold me in awe for so many years!
So, as a curious being, I am, I've started to do some serious readings on the pyramid. One of the things that often came up during that session was that, some claimed the pyramid was built by aliens.
I mean, seriously? I dunno. I've often taken the stance of seeing is believing and there are some things I could believe in, like the concept of religion but aliens building the pyramid around 4 thousand years ago, hmm, that seems very unlikely.
These alien believers are lunatics. Obsessed with the presence from outer space and coming down all the here to earth to build a freaking pyramid? yeah right.
I'm definitely dismissing the aliens theory.
I guess, one who did come up with the theory of aliens who had built the pyramid, concluding to such a conclusion because humans did not have the technology and knowledge to build such a building.
And the famous perspective, who tend to go for the alien theory is,
via yahoo answerDid humans really build the Pyramids?
If you answer yes, please explain how they could have moved stones that weigh over 40 tons to the top?
From my readings, I can conclude some of the following ways and methods the Egyptians took to build the pyramids, especially Pyramid of Giza - and hopefully this might get you thinking...I will only provide three though.
- They have thousands of slaves working on the pyramids
More than 20,000 - 30,000 slaves worked on building the pyramids. And mind you, these men were not as weak as men generally today who have big belly and fat. They were all big and muscular.
2. How they moved the stones to fall in place until the top?
Ramps were built to get them into place on the pyramid and these ramps were built made of mud brick and coated with chips of plaster to harder the surface.
3. Before the stones reached the construction site...
The Egyptians used teams of oxen or manpower to drag the stones to the construction site.
Now, there are those who said the pyramids couldn't possibly have been built by humans because of, well it's pyramid and it would be impossible for them to build them without the proper technology and knowledge. They added further that there's no way we can build a pyramid like that today - without using the present-day technology.
But to these people who seemed so naive and seriously misinformed, let's look back and forth.
Firstly, the Egyptians invented many things that are still used even today. Want to hear some of them?
papers, eye-make up, pens, high-heel shoes
So my point during that era where the Egyptians seemed to have been very innovative and creative, who's to say they are no knowledgeable to calculate and consider every aspect involve in building the pyramids?
Secondly, we can build the pyramid today but we don't have the resources we need to build them.
What kind of resources?
Well, as I've mentioned above, the pharaohs needed thousands of people to build the pyramid and mind you, lots of money were involved in building these freaking pyramids. And do we still need a pyramid today? I don't think so. Because it just doesn't fit the purpose. We have to know well why they built the pyramids in the first place.
So, instead of building a pyramid today, we build very long bridge, very tall buildings, we landed on moons.
Well, that should wrap up for this time. I hope you find this article entertaining as I had fun learning about them! :)
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