[MHGinTN]

Okay, if that's the way you want it, Bob. BTW, those stones were brought to the pyramids as powder and reconstituted into blocks in situ ... not that much rope was needed.

[NicknamedBob]

I have a different theory.

[NicknamedBob]

The reason they used huge blocks of stone was to make them so big and massive that anyone wanting building materials would more likely just quarry new stone than mess with the ones in the pyramid. They had reason for thinking of that.

In Egypt, rope and stone were available. Wood was probably relatively scarce, and was used in a manner similar to bridge construction "falsework" more than as building materials itself.

My theory is that they used a basic and commonsensical technique for moving the stones, as described here...

The pyramids were much more fun, the competition brisk,
We raced those stones on up the ramps and didn’t mind the risk.

I laugh to think about the thoughts that we used “rays.”
Life was so much simpler then, it’s how we filled our days,
With building competitions, instead of fighting wars,
Why else would we pile up stones, without a trace of doors?

We’d clap an arc of wood upon each face of cubic block,
And then we’d get it up to go, by pushing up the rock.
Then toss a rope around it, and take it for a stroll,
Let me tell you, we knew then, just how to rock and roll.