He explained: “Under the current theories, to lay the two million stone blocks required the Egyptians would have to have laid a large block once every three minutes on long ramps.I haven't heard a good explanation of how they got around this one.
This rate of bricklaying is required to complete the job in 11 years, working 24/7. Regardless of whether the rubble theory is correct, it's not that difficult to achieve if you consider that more than one bricklayer and more than one stone carrying team was involved. The pyramid is large enough to support 100 such teams - and each laying team would use tens, if not hundreds, of stone delivery teams, so that the bricklayer at the pyramid always has stones to position and lay down. If each bricklayer needs 1 hour to place one stone, they needed only 20 bricklayers. This is not an unusual number; you can have that many working on a house today.
With regard to rubble, today it's probably easy enough to transport it on large mining trucks. But what would that be easier in ancient Egypt, delivering rubble (in baskets?) or pushing a single, self-contained block of stone? There was a considerable shortage of heavy trucks in Egypt. Transportation of a stone slab only requires pulling force (slaves, animals) and some rollers (trunks of trees.) The road would become flat enough on its own, after first 1,000 slabs are delivered.
Rubble also has tendency to settle. Today thick walls of brick buildings are usually hollow, and filled inside with light gravel, for stability and for thermal insulation. However that gravel has no load-carrying function. A pyramid would have to have an all-stone framework, with voids that one could fill; but that framework has to be very, very strong - perhaps stronger than the stone. Gravel alone would settle over centuries, and the pyramid would fall inward, or otherwise sag, with very obvious deformations inside and outside. This is not what is observed, as I understand - the structure appears to be very rigid. It may be that gravel comprises 50% of the pyramid, but not much more, given that the pyramid is still standing.
Look at the pics in comment #17 to better understand theory
Great summary!
>>Gravel alone would settle over centuries, and the pyramid would fall inward, or otherwise sag, <<
I know nothing about how pyramids are constructed but is it possible that the exterior stones work similar to the ice blocks of an igloo? The lower stones bear the strain of the constantly inward sloping upper ones?