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The canals have been well understood, and known, for quite a while now. They shipped the larger stones down during the flood season. They quarried with dolomite
by KGIII 9y ago
The canals have been well understood, and known, for quite a while now. They shipped the larger stones down during the flood season. They quarried with dolomite (spelling) pounding stones, loaded them up on reed boats, and shipped when the flood waters were high and they had a surplus of labor.
It's probably a good idea to remember how many times they have 'known' how this was done. We have 'known' how it was done a number of different times - and ways. I remain skeptical until I've seen more about it and the idea has withstood scrutiny.
As for the construction, that's still a mystery. One of the more interesting theories is from a French architect. He supposes that there was actually a ramp, but that it was built inside the pyramid. He hasn't had much luck, as far as I know, investigating this. They did climb up the side and found a previously unknown chamber behind an area exposed by a missing stone. I'm unqualified to opine about the viability.
Err... I watch documentaries, to the exclusion of almost everything else. There are a whole lot of documentaries about egyptology.
- singularity2001 9y agowhat happened to the great theory of the French architect? it sounded really promising back then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Houdin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Houdin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lasCXujNPfs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lasCXujNPfs
- KGIII 9y agoI don't know. I saw him in two documentaries and then he disappeared. His idea sounded reasonable to my layman's ears. His mockup looked convincing.
- jpl56 9y agoJP Houdin seems to be involved in the Scan Pyramids project (www.scanpyramids.org). In his 2010 documentary, he was waiting to be able to do that in order to confirm that infrared anomalies he discovered are really linked to the internal corridor.
- cypherpunks01 9y agoInteresting! I don't think most laypeople are aware of this. The French architect you mention is Jean-Pierre Houdin, he claims that a long straight ramp was used for the bottom 1/3 of the pyramid, then an interior spiral for the remaining. There is a large notch 2/3 up the pyramid and other evidence of some spiraling features that lends some weight to this one. Another interesting theory is that water from these canals were used in a series of locks and temporary "ponds" elevated as each layer of the pyramid was built.
- KGIII 9y agoI pretty much only watch documentaries and American football. That is it. I'm almost sixty. I've watched a lot of documentaries. The Netflix equivalent would be binge watching, I think. I binge watch subjects. Over the years, Egypt has been a recurring subject. It should be noted that it is purely for entertainment. I watch documentaries because that is what I enjoy. It is absolutely not a scholastic activity and I make no effort to learn anything from it. I just really enjoy documentaries. If I learn something, that was incidental and not my goal. Very, very seldom do I take it to the point where I'll do additional research on a topic, contact a person from the documentary, or do a more detailed study of something in the docs. It's just what I do, I like them.