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How to Build a Pyramid

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« Reply #45 on: April 29, 2007, 04:54:38 am »

Right. I will give you my best guess as to how the GP was constructed.

First you have to know the volume of a pyramid. It is given by the formula:

(area/height)/3. It happens that the large granite monoliths are just less than half way up the GP. Source "Giza: The Truth" p. 179. I will check this.

Since the area half way up is 1/4 base area the volume of the top 'half' (by height) is only 1/8 the total. Thus to get 7/8 of the bulk up there requires a ramp only half the length if all were taken up ramp(s) to the very top. Since the large granite features could not have been poured, a ramp or ramps were used to construct up to half height.

After that the method told to Herodotus was probably used, although I know he was told it was used from the bottom. I do not believe the granite features could have been so elevated.
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