actually, there some talk about the pyramids being a power station, as Chris Dunn supposed that the Great Pyramid amplified and changed sound waves (vibration wave) that came from the inside the Earth into electric power.


here is a link that explains it, and it makes a lot of sense...

http://www.spaceagogo.com/e episode 5.html

I saw the movie 10,000 BC, that movie was factually accurate so I know how the pyramids were built.

Yeah well, they've also speculated, based on salt residues found inside pyramids, that they were used for a chemical reaction which produced hydrogen which then produced microwaves as it pass through a resonance chamber. Microwaves can be transmitted through the air, and then converted into electricity.

While the notion seems feasible (after having read USAF studies regarding microwaves), I just don't see a plausible reason for an ancient civilization to do so. There is just an overwhelming LACK of evidence to support most of the claims out there.

To be honest, there are primitive ways which the stones could have been transported even to the base of the pyramids sites, such as when floods came to the Nile. Barges large enough to transport stone in a shallow draft then could have been dismantled to provide housing for workers. Construction was unlikely to begin until after all the stone was delivered. This would simplify labor, lodging, and food needs by having fewer sites to maintain, and it would mean that labor was always concentrated on only one task at a time, whether it be quarrying, transport, or building.

As far as primitive tech for lifting the stones more than I few feet, they lacked block and tackle strong enough to support such weights. Egyptians were known to use sand wells to manipulate heavy stone, however.

Limestone is fairly soft. It was a workable stone for the time period. For all we know, they might have worked peg holes to insert handles to lift the stone. A 15 ton block of stone would require about 300 men to lift and carry it, each man supporting 100 lbs of weight. When I worked in a factory, I often carried 80 lbs. and could walk at full speed pressing the weight above my head. Egyptian laborers were likely in much better shape than I was at that point because of their lifestyle. That many men might be able to push a stone into place after setting it down. With the estimated 20,000 workers, that's roughly 60 blocks of stone that could be moved in a continuous flow. With such synchronization, many stones could be placed in a short time, allowing most of this brute work to be done during the cooler times of day. One set near dawn, and one set near dusk. That would lay 120 blocks in a single day. If they worked solely at night, they might even be able to lay more before exhaustion set in.

Given the large ancient stones that ancient man has moved throughout the world, I tend to believe that water transport and brute force were they main methods used. There is evidence that ancient man did indeed create stone canals, though their purpose remains a mystery. Plus we must not forget that the physical landscape of the earth was much different thousands of years ago. Rivers change location and course. Lakes dry and disappear. Forests wither and die. And so on. Geography may have given ancient man advantages we can no longer see. Add in a bit of ingenuity, such as the sand wells used to raise obelisks, and they could accomplish great things without technology.

i don't think carrying the stones was the problem, i think it was placement of the stones that makes it so wondrous... they are cut so exact and fit together so well that you could not place a human hair between them.... how do you place a 30 ton stone to fit like that?

There was a program on History Channel not too long ago which explained that some of the Egyptian ruins were actually from stone saws powered by water and muscle. They even conducted experiments on the show to test the theories based on resources available within ancient Egypt. As a result, they were actually able to drill smooth core samples of stone using copper, stone, and sand. Hence, the blocks could be cut at the quarry up the Nile, then they could be cut again near the pyramid site, based on what size or shape they needed.