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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

How Was Egypt Built?

We all have seen Egypt either with our own eyes or with pictures/vids. Does anyone ever wonder how some of the most breath taking sites were built? We can definitely understand it today with modern technology but how about back then in the old Kingdom, (Dynasties IV-VIII) 2575-2150 B.C. Did they have big machinery? Did they have the technology? Some people speculate that it took 100,000 men over a period of 20 years to construct one pyramid, but HOW? Each block weighs 2 tons to over 70 tons. Ok, lets just say that 100,000 men pulled together at once to place one block that weighs 1 ton. Is that enough strength to pull or push a 1 ton block? Some may say yes, others will say no! Here are some fun facts to consider.

Were humans always as tall as they were in the BCE (Before Common Era)? We all know that that are tall people among us. Some are 6ft, other are as tall as 7'11". Well have anyone heard of people being as tall as 15-18 feet tall? Well how about 25 feet? There were humans that tall back then, archaeologist have found humans remains that reached those heights. Lets say that people were about 18- 20 feet tall back then, could they have been able to build the pyramids? How about 100,000 twenty feet tall humans pulling a 1 ton block? Now that might be a more reasonable explanation then just having regular men doing it.

We all know that back in the days of Egypt people were writing in hieroglyphics. Now in lots of those drawings, they have drawn small people and tall people. In some of them, people holding tigers and alligators in their hands. Some might say that you shouldn't take it literally. That is stands for something. Let's be real! People drew what they saw. They drew to tell a story. They didn't have depth perception problems. If you look at some tablature that were drawn way before Egypt by the Sumerians (first habitants of Earth), they too drew some of the most profound art. In some they have a bird type/mechanical ship coming down to them. In others they too have drawn people that were small in size and next to them, people that were much taller.

Anyways, I have come to the conclusion that people back then could not have been any smaller than 13-16 feet tall to be able to construct the pyramids by hand. I say its improbable! If you think otherwise, then that's fine too. Come up with your own theory of what could have happened and share with me/us.

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