Is This How The Pyramids Were Built?
Jun 7th, 2007 by Lee (admin)
There are many theories circling around about how the pyramids of ancient Egypt were built.
I think most people can appreciate now that such an undertaking was quite an achievable task and that, perhaps, the builders were well looked after workers rather than slaves.
However, the actual techniques employed to creat the huge limestone blocks have always been much debated. This clip shows how a French team went about recreating limestone blocks -
After watching that I realised just how potentially simple the process could be. Emminent scientists have put forward much more complex theories but why shouldn’t a simple one work?