how did the egyptians build the pyramids without modern machinery ?
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The techniques used to construct Egypt's pyramids are thought to have initially been developed by trial and error and then further evolved based on local economics, resources, and other considerations, over the thousand year pyramid-building phase of Egyptian civilization.\n\nRecently-discovered worker's tombs have shown how pyramids were made and how important workers were: the pyramid workers were paid craftsmen, not slaves, and they had their own city at Giza. Egyptologists also have presented several pieces of evidence showing this, including proof that many laborers worked on the Pyramids during periods of Nile flooding, and that contributing to the Pyramid construction was, religiously, a very good deed for them.\n\nDuring the earliest period, in the Third and Fourth Dynasties, pyramids were constructed wholly of stone. In the Fifth Dynasty the physical scale of pyramids was much reduced, and poor quality limestone replaced granite as the chief building material. In–filling with loose rubble was also used for the first time. This enabled pyramids to be built with fewer resources over much shorter periods.\n\nDuring the Middle Kingdom pyramid construction techniques changed again. Most pyramids built at this time were little more than mountains of mud brick encased in a veneer of polished limestone. In several cases, later pyramids were built on top of natural hills to further reduce the volume of material needed in their construction.\n\nParadoxically, the materials and methods of construction used in the earliest pyramids have ensured their survival in a generally much better state of preservation than is the case with the pyramid monuments of later pharaohs.
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Wonder Date Builder Destroyed Cause \nGreat Pyramid of Giza 2550 BC Egyptians still standing still standing \nHanging Gardens of Babylon 600 BC Babylonians after 1st century BC earthquake \nTemple of Artemis at Ephesus 550 BC Lydians, Greeks 356 BC fire \nStatue of Zeus at Olympia 435 BC Greeks 5th-6th centuries AD fire \nMausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus 351 BC Persians, Greeks by 1494 AD earthquake \nColossus of Rhodes 292-280 BC Hellenistic Greece 224 BC earthquake \nLighthouse of Alexandria
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It was the iron age.. we had iron tools.. They used sandstone.. soft and easy to cut.\nThey had slaves.. lots and lots of slaves and plenty of time.\nRamps. they built ramps to get the stones into place rather like they built cathedrals in europe by filing the insides with dirt until the roof could support itself.\nWasn't it good they inveted pulleys and scaffolding...
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Pyramid-shaped structures were built by many ancient civilizations. The most famous are the Egyptian pyramids — huge pyramids built of brick or stone. Standard Archaeology claims that they were used as tombs for pharaohs, however their many surprising features have birthed many alternative theories, particularly since the great pyramids have never yielded a body. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the largest in Egypt and in the world. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one of the seven to survive into modern times. The ancient Egyptians capped the peaks of their pyramids with gold and covered their faces with polished white limestone, though many of the stones used for the purpose have fallen or been removed for other structures over the millennia.\n\nTo the south of Egypt the Nubians also built pyramids. They built far more than the Egyptians, but they are much smaller. The Nubian pyramids were constructed at a much steeper angle than Egyptian ones and were not tombs, but monuments to dead kings. Pyramids were built in Nubia up until the AD 300s.\n\nThe Mesopotamians also built step pyramids, or ziggurats. In ancient times these were brightly painted. Since they were constructed of mud-brick, little remains of them. The biblical Tower of Babel is believed to be a Babylonian ziggurat.\n\nA number of Mesoamerican cultures also built pyramid-shaped structures. Mesoamerican pyramids were also usually stepped, with temples on top, more similar to the Mesopotamian ziggurat than the Egyptian pyramid. The largest pyramid by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla. This pyramid is also considered the largest monument ever constructed anywhere in the world, but it is still being excavated. There is an unusual pyramid with a circular plan at the site of Cuilcuilco, now inside Mexico City and mostly covered with lava from an ancient eruption of Xictli.\n\nPyramids in Mexico were considered sacrificial places (used to kill slaves, in worship of their powerful gods).\n\nThere are other pyramid-shaped ancient monuments found in parts of Georgia.\n\nThere is a pyramid in ancient Rome. The 27-meter-high Pyramid of Cestius was built by the end of the first century BC and still exists today, close to the Porta San Paolo.\n\nThere are quite a few flat-top pyramids in China. The First Emperor of Qin (221 B.C.~), with the terracotta warriors in vicinity, was buried under a large pyramid outside modern day Xi'an. In the following centuries a dozen more Chinese royalties of Han Dynasty were also buried under flat top pyramidal earth works.
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The aztecs were building pyramids long before the egyptians in South America!
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Egyptians, men and women, wore beaded necklaces, bracelets, and anklets.  Use wooden colored beads and yarn to make colorful jewelry.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    These links will provide more information about Egypt:  \nhttp://library.thinkquest.org/15924/\nhttp://www.egyptheart.org/\nhttp://neferchichi.com/
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"How were the great pyramids of Egypt built?"\n\nVery, very carefully
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There are many pyramids. They are mostly made of rock; some have dirt fillings.  You need to be more specific to get a better answer.
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A) There are 3 great pyramids at Giza. I'm supposing you mean the largest, the one for Khufu or Cheops as the Greeks called him.\n\nB) Its purpose was twofold. One, to hold in security for eternity the fleshly remains of the Pharaoh and two, to allow his spirit, or ka, to ascend to the heavens with ease and to find its way back home with equal ease.\n\nC) There are those who maintain that simply because the pyramid was unadorned, unfilled with either treasure OR mummy, that it must have had some other purpose, perhaps mystical or paranormal. Sorry. A far more likely explanation was that it was left unfinished when news came that an earlier pyramid had been successfully broken into and robbed. Khufu didn't think quite so highly of HIS final resting place after that and probably made arangements for his body and his goodies to be interred someplace a lot more secret than a 450 ft. tall 3 acre monument one can see from the moon!
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The pyramids. Some of those stones must of weighed in excessive of 100 tonnes, all moves into place by man. They developed some very intriguing devices to help get them in place.
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The Jews built them when they went into slavery. Take a close look at egyptian art...you can see these bald guys with their bearded slaves..\n\nAnyone want to disprove that?
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They invented pyramids.\nThey invented paper.\nThey invented beer.\nTutmos kicked nubian butt.
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The wall was built of native materials, many of which were obtained very close to the construction. Labor was wage free. So, the cost in monetary terms? Very little. The cost in terms of human misery?.....priceless. I suppose the Egyptian pyramids would be a good project for comparison in terms of human value.
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pyramids of egypt\nhanging gardens of babylon\nstatue of zeus\nTemple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus \nMausoleum at Halicarnassus \nColossus at Rhodes \nPharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria \n\nmore explanations:\n\nSince ancient times, numerous “seven wonders” lists have been created. The content of these lists tends to vary, and none is definitive. The seven wonders that are most widely agreed upon as being in the original list are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, which was compiled by ancient Greek historians and is thus confined to the most magnificent structures known to the ancient Greek world. Of all the Ancient Wonders, the pyramids alone survive. \n\nThe Pyramids of Egypt are three pyramids at Giza, outside modern Cairo. The largest pyramid, built by Khufu (Cheops), a king of the fourth dynasty, had an original estimated height of 482 ft (now approximately 450 ft). The base has sides 755 ft long. It contains 2,300,000 blocks; the average weight of each is 2.5 tons. Estimated date of completion is 2680 B.C. \n\nThe Hanging Gardens of Babylon were supposedly built by Nebuchadnezzar around 600 B.C. to please his queen, Amuhia. They are also associated with the mythical Assyrian queen Semiramis. Archeologists surmise that the gardens were laid out atop a vaulted building, with provisions for raising water. The terraces were said to rise from 75 to 300 ft.\n\nThe Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olympia was made of gold and ivory by the Greek sculptor Phidias (5th century B.C.). Reputed to be 40 ft high, the statue has been lost without a trace, except for reproductions on coins.\n\nThe Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus was begun about 350 B.C., in honor of a non-Hellenic goddess who later became identified with the Greek goddess of the same name. The temple, with Ionic columns 60 ft high, was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262.\n\nThe Mausoleum at Halicarnassus was erected by Queen Artemisia in memory of her husband, King Mausolus of Caria in Asia Minor, who died in 353 B.C. Some remains of the structure are in the British Museum. This shrine is the source of the modern word mausoleum.\n\nThe Colossus at Rhodes was a bronze statue of Helios (Apollo), about 105 ft high. The work of the sculptor Chares, who reputedly labored for 12 years before completing it in 280 B.C., it was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C.\n\nThe Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria was built by Sostratus of Cnidus during the 3rd century B.C. on the island of Pharos off the coast of Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in the 13th century.
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http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/egypt_pyramids.htm
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I would want to go back to hmm lemme see Egyptian Period! To know the secrets of building pyramids and stuff :-)Really fascinating!!!
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I'm not entirely sure to what it is you're referring.  Most Egyptian pyramids are built of stone blocks or slabs - roughly dressed on the interior and smoothed on the exterior.  Typically the stone is limestone for the exterior, with the occasional use of granite on lower courses.  Interior chambers in the pyramid itself or subterranean chambers were frequently lined with a different type of stone - granite was a popular choice.\n\nThe peaks of the larger (ie. royal) pyramids are now large flat spaces now that stone has been robbed out and the pyramidia (capstones) have been removed.  The capstones, from what we know from contemporary inscriptions and a few examples that have actually been found were essentially little pyramids in miniature, each face was inscribed with the name of the pyramid  - each royal pyramid was named, usually a name including the nomen and/or prenomen of the king for whom it was built.  Additional inscriptions usually concerned the sun god and/or were specific to the cardinal direction that face of the pyramid faced.\n\nIt is extraordinarily unlikely that Egyptian pyramids serve as radio receivers and even more unlikely that they were designed to do so.  They were tombs.