Pyramids of Giza

One of the great wonders of the world is the Great Pyramids at Giza.There were many of thousands of years ago,before Christ was born.How in the world did the Egyptians build such a building?Their technology was not as advanced as are our today in the 20th century.They did not have mechanical devices such as craters,or even cars.All they had were their hands, and maybe a wheel of some sort.

Robert,an architect tried to build a scale model of one the Great Pyramids of Giza,the Khufu pyramid.Robert thought of all the possible ways the Egyptians used to build this pyramid with out modern technology.Probably one of the most difficult ways of building the pyramid was getting the rocks,weighing over 100 tons,over to the sight where the pyramid was to be built,from a quarry.Robert used something like a wheel to transport the rocks,weighing only about 1 ton from a quarry near the sight of the Khufu pyramid.He would have the stone on a wooden plaque and underneath would be logs of wood.A rope would be tied to the rock and men would pull the rope making the rock roll from log to log.As this was done,men would keep replacing logs in front to keep the path going.Even a 1-ton rock was incredibly heavy and took a lot of men,imagine the Egyptians transporting rocks over 100 tons to their destination.It would probably take 10 times as many men and effort.Also don't forget that what Robert was building was only a scale model,the Egyptians built the real thing meant for the Pharoah Khufu to be buried in.

Another problem Robert faced when constructing this scale model of the pyramid of Khufu was getting the rocks to be placed properly on top of one other.When they had the first layer down,the next idea was to place the next layer of rocks.Imagine now lifting a 1-ton rock about 10 feet high.Robert used the idea that the Egyptians might have used a ramp to push or pull the rocks up to where the next level would be.

There have been many theories explaining the purpose of the pyramids of Giza, and how they were built.One of the most popular theories regarding the purpose of the pyramids was that they were used as a tomb.Egyptians saw their Pharoahs as God-Kings rather than just leaders.Pharoahs were worshiped as Gods and thus is understandable that ancient Egyptians would see it necessary for the Pharoah to be buried in a tomb that would be fit for that of a God-King.One argument against this theory was that a particular Pharoah had built at least five different pyramids,surely not all five could have been for his tomb.Some say that perhaps that he could have been cut up and his separate limbs were placed in separate tombs but this theory is unethentical because ancient Egyptians believed that to live in the afterlife one must have his physical body intact.This is the purpose of mummification,to keep the body in good condition for use in the afterlife,so if the limbs were separated it would be impossible to go on to the afterlife.Another interesting argument against the tomb theory is made by Erich Von Daniken in his book 'Chariots of the Gods?'Von Daniken makes the simple point that if ten blocks were laid each day it would take 664 years to complete the structure.This is based on the very elementary procedure of dividing the total number of blocks by ten.No surely thinks that it took 664 years to build this pyramid,even a tenth of this period is unacceptable if the tomb theory of the pyramid is to have any merit.Yet constructing this pyramid in a time of 67 years means that two-hundred thirty tonnes of limestone or granite were laid each day.This means that,on average,a hundred times every single day more than two tonnes of stone would have been precisely put in place.