Posted on 09/25/2010 1:07:46 AM PDT by Palter
I think the poster meant diorite.
Thank you for the clarification. Extra hard granite with sporadic impurities. I can’t imagine hand grinding a vase out of that. In my pampered modern existence it seems almost sadistic.
I don’t believe they were slaves — it took 20 years to build the grand pyramid of Khufu and this suggests that it was more during the Niles flooding season when farmers had free time, when they were involved in this national building. The population of ancient Egypt c. 2200 BC wouldn’t have had enough to sustain a large population of slaves. Also, these weren’t Hebrew or Semitic — they would come later during the time of the Hyksos
Barney’s got a cool hat. :)
I believe he is saying each individual block was poured.regards!!
No doubt Egypt had a lot of slaves. That they were used exclusively on the pyramids seems unlikely. As others have pointed out, there are long periods in the Egyptian year when the farmers (the vast majority of the people) were sitting around with nothing to do.
Why not apply a labor tax to them and get some good out of this otherwise wasted (from Pharoah’s perspective) time? Meanwhile his slaves, a capital investment, probably had other regular duties.
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Maybe they imported Illegals. ;0)
What method was used to construct the pyramids in Mexico? Are the construction techniques similar or identical?
Saw some of those blades in the Louvre. They are fantastic.
Your link goes to a google search page which does not show one reputable scholarly source, only links to people talking on forums and something from “Associated Content,” which publishes pretty much anything anybody wants to write, with or without substantiation. I see nothing verifiable there. Do you have some more credible source?
This is against the thinking of our “friend”:
Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt, minced no words in assailing the concrete idea. “It’s highly stupid,” he said via a spokesman. “The pyramids are made from solid blocks of quarried limestone. To suggest otherwise is idiotic and insulting.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/world/africa/23iht-pyramid.1.12259608.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
Try the link at #22 http://www.materials.drexel.edu/Pyramids/
Thanks! Looks interesting.
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