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? asked in TravelAfrica & Middle EastEgypt · 1 decade ago

did the Egyptian built the pyramid?how without modern technology?did the alien built them?

we can not built one with modern technology.then how could they[Egyptian]built it without modern technology?

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    There have been many hypotheses about the Egyptian pyramid construction techniques. These techniques seem to have developed over time; later pyramids were not built the same way as earlier ones. Most of the construction hypotheses are based on the idea that huge stones were carved with copper chisels from stone quarries, and these blocks were then dragged and lifted into position. Disagreements chiefly concern the methods used to move and place the stones. There is also another hypothesis that they were built out of geopolymer cement, otherwise known as cast stone.

    In addition to the many unresolved arguments about the construction techniques, there have been disagreements as to the kind of workforce used. The Greeks, many years after the event, believed it must have been built by slave labor. Archaeologists now believe that the Great Pyramid of Giza (at least) was built by tens of thousands of skilled workers who camped near the pyramids and worked for a salary or as a form of tax payment (levee) until the construction was completed, pointing to worker's cemeteries discovered in 1990 by archaeologists Zahi Hawass and Mark Lehner. For the Middle Kingdom Pyramid of Amenemhat II, there is evidence from the annal stone of the king that foreigners from Palestine were used.

    for more info check out these sites :

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egy%E2%80%A6

    http://www.touregypt.net/construction/

    http://www.catchpenny.org/howbuilt.html

    also there is this documentry by the BBC check it out :

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJWrlYIf-%E2%80%A6 (it's in 6 parts)

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, the Egyptians built the pyramids and without the use of modern technology. Many works of the Pharos were made with genius engineering methods. (Example, how mummies were preserved, Some temples were built in a way that allows the sunray in at a specific angle in a special time of the year, etc..)

    As for slaves, those who built it were not slaves. Please understand that the King Pharo is a god for the People or the image of god on earth. So he was worshipped. Pyramid is a grave. Ancient Egyptian cared very much for their after life. So they used to do their best for buidling the graves believing it will be the place they will be restored back to life. Let alone the fact that this grave is for the Pharo..the king.. the god. So it was an honour for any egyptian to share in building this pyramid. Those who worked there were workers and they were paid for their work.

    As for the aliens.. this is very far fetched! Those were people like you and me.

  • 1 decade ago

    In most fields you will find the best people were inspired or tried to understand the ancient Egyptians. Egyptians were more civilised than people using modern technologies today. Egyptians built many things like the Pyramids and we have many kinds of Pyramids inside Egypt, not only the famous 3.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    In order: Yes, they did. Using a lot of manpower, and more ingenuity than is commonly attributed to them. Which one, "the alien" - or no, not at all, depending on whether one believes in aliens or not. Yes, we can build pyramids with modern technology, check out: http://www.vegaspictures.com/photos/aerial/luxor.j... which shows the Luxor in Las Vegas. And still, the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids without modern technology.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Not because (you) can not build one with Modern technology ,, that My grandparents(the Egyptians) could not,,,,(and have to claim this silly idea of Aliens /or slaves !!!!) You see ,, not all the people have the same share of intelligence and skills,,,, sorry for you!!!!

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    people built if what is the big deal, like women and blacks how did they

    get the jobs when you are not qualified. being a woman or black

    does not make you a qualified person just an nut case who openly

    discriminates against white men.

    to the white men reading this white men we shall overcome

    women's sexism and blacks racism

  • 1 decade ago

    they had a technology that has been lost together with the lost their civilization

  • G. #2
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
  • 1 decade ago

    and That is why it will always be called a WORLD WONDER!!

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