Pyramids poured not pushed.

[spidergoat]

Maybe we have figured it out. I've seen plenty of re-enactments, some of which look quite plausible. There's just no way to confirm whether we are right or not.

[Xotica]

Although it makes sense, it also means that they didn't work all year around, but for only 9 months or whatever. That cuts down on the logistics timeframe.

You have to keep in mind that due to the immense weight of the huge stone blocks, they could only be transported to the pyramid site via barge when the Nile was high. So you have a distinct work cycle...

High Nile - river transport/pyramid construction
Low Nile - stonemasons/quarry work - fellahin/agriculture

[Syzygys]

Just out of curiosity, how long does the Nile's flooding last? 3 months? Longer?

[river]

1. Egypt was not merely a society, but a powerful empire. The pyramids were tombs and were extremely important to their culture.

there is NO proof that the pyramids were tombs , no burials have been recovered in them and there are no hieroglyphics found in then either

[spidergoat]

Monuments then, whatever.

[river]

Originally Posted by spidergoat
1. Egypt was not merely a society, but a powerful empire. The pyramids were tombs and were extremely important to their culture. ”

there is NO proof that the pyramids were tombs , no burials have been recovered in them and there are no hieroglyphics found in then either

Monuments then, whatever.

its not " whatever " spider , it is a very important thing to know

the fact that there are NO burials nor hieroglyphs is significant in understanding the pyramids purpose

[tablariddim]

there is NO proof that the pyramids were tombs , no burials have been recovered in them and there are no hieroglyphics found in then either

Um hello... Tutankhamen?

[river]

Um hello... Tutankhamen?

was not found in a pyramid

[spidergoat]

its not " whatever " spider , it is a very important thing to know

the fact that there are NO burials nor hieroglyphs is significant in understanding the pyramids purpose

The body could have been stolen a long time ago.

[river]

The body could have been stolen a long time ago.

for what purpose ?

grave robbers were after the treasure , not the body

[river]

more importantly spider , other than the fact there were no hieroglyphics is there wasn't a cartouche ( an oval or oblong figure , as on ancient Egyptian monuments , enclosing a sovereign's name )

[spidergoat]

Folk medicine?

[river]

Folk medicine?

is it really spider ?

or that you don't have the courage to explore our Ancient past , our past , our Human past ? and find the truth , I have , do you ?

[river]

by the way I have read about the poured theory by the French chemist before

his theory was that the chemistry of the blocks that make up the pyramid was different from the quarry , its hard not to think that its compelling proof of how the pyramids were built

[spidergoat]

Do you? Apparently no one knows for sure what the original purpose of the Pyramids of Giza were, but a tomb is the most likely due to the many other pyramids which were used as tombs, not the least of which were the pyramids of the Great Pyramid builders.

[river]

Do you? Apparently no one knows for sure what the original purpose of the Pyramids of Giza were, but a tomb is the most likely due to the many other pyramids which were used as tombs, not the least of which were the pyramids of the Great Pyramid builders.

well the theory is that the pyramids were already there and that the mastabas were an attempt at trying to copy the pyramids

[Xotica]

Just out of curiosity, how long does the Nile's flooding last? 3 months? Longer?

In regards to ancient Egypt, this is difficult to say definitively because the Nile crested at different levels (level markers still exist). The ancient Egyptian calendar however (divided into three distinct seasons) suggests a period of 3-4 months...


Akhet - The annual Nile inundation
Peret - Planting and growing crops
Shemu - Harvesting the crops

[Syzygys]

there is NO proof that the pyramids were tombs , no burials have been recovered in them and there are no hieroglyphics found in then either

Well, if you find a dead ruler in it, then it is a tomb. Also they did find marks of the workers in them, I just saw it on Youtube, the BBC documentary.

By the way from Wiki:

"Nubian pyramids were constructed (roughly 220 of them) at three sites in Sudan to serve as tombs for the kings and queens of Napata and Meroë.
There are 138 pyramids discovered in Egypt as of 2008. Most were built as tombs for the country's Pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods"

[river]

Well, if you find a dead ruler in it, then it is a tomb. Also they did find marks of the workers in them, I just saw it on Youtube, the BBC documentary. By the way from Wiki: "Nubian pyramids were constructed (roughly 220 of them) at three sites in Sudan to serve as tombs for the kings and queens of Napata and Meroë. There are 138 pyramids discovered in Egypt as of 2008. Most were built as tombs for the country's Pharaohs and their consorts during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods"

ahh... Nubian

but not in Giza pyramids

[Syzygys]

ahh... Nubian
but not in Giza pyramids

Dude, really, read the fucking last sentence. Giza pyramids too... No other use was suggested for the pyramids but tombs... But anyhow, this is kind of off topic...