Ben Carson: Egyptian pyramids were used to store grain, not Pharaohs' tombs

[srvy]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

We do know all of that actually. We have found contracts for workers to work on the Pyramids. The ramp and pull system would work just fine and would require less workers than most people think.

Yes the Theory of the ramps that we have not found any diagrams relating to these from a people so advance that they surely had plans and diagrams of how to construct.

I remember watching a show where engineers tried to construct scaled skids and ramps to lift these stones and place them. They were able to move some on a very lesser scale and weight. Still it left more unanswered questions than answered.

I have herd of the digs going on in the skilled workers encampment. And it goes without saying labor had to be performed by master stone masons but the heavy lifting must have been done by incredible amounts of slave labor. How were they house fed provided drinking water in the desert?

[GloucesterChief]

Originally Posted by srvy

Yes the Theory of the ramps that we have not found any diagrams relating to these from a people so advance that they surely had plans and diagrams of how to construct.

The Giza plateau had a functioning quarry that would of provided plenty of debris for a secondary ramp material. The structure of the pyramid itself also lends towards a ramp wrapping around the structure. It is know that the workers villages were tore down in between construction adding even more debris for ramps.

I remember watching a show where engineers tried to construct scaled skids and ramps to lift these stones and place them. They were able to move some on a very lesser scale and weight. Still it left more unanswered questions than answered.

You push and pull the stone up the ramp using sand and water to reduce friction.

I have herd of the digs going on in the skilled workers encampment. And it goes without saying labor had to be performed by master stone masons but the heavy lifting must have been done by incredible amounts of slave labor. How were they house fed provided drinking water in the desert?

The nile river is right there which was fresh water. The amount of people used to build the pyramids was probably around 10,000. Not a whole lot compared to the population of Egypt at the time. Also, construction was probably a whole lot better than farming. Since the workers worked in three month shifts.

[GloucesterChief]

Also, the pyramid is a very stable and easy to build structure which you can build tall with very little advanced engineering needed. The Coliseum and Roman aqueducts are much more complicated as they rely on arches to carry the load rather than the rather dense blocks that pyramids use.

[Pitt Gorilla]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

Also, the pyramid is a very stable and easy to build structure which you can build tall with very little advanced engineering needed. The Coliseum and Roman aqueducts are much more complicated as they rely on arches to carry the load rather than the rather dense blocks that pyramids use.

Both the Coliseum and the aqueducts were used for grain storage. That's a fact.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by GloucesterChief

The Giza plateau had a functioning quarry that would of provided plenty of debris for a secondary ramp material. The structure of the pyramid itself also lends towards a ramp wrapping around the structure. It is know that the workers villages were tore down in between construction adding even more debris for ramps.



You push and pull the stone up the ramp using sand and water to reduce friction.



The nile river is right there which was fresh water. The amount of people used to build the pyramids was probably around 10,000. Not a whole lot compared to the population of Egypt at the time. Also, construction was probably a whole lot better than farming. Since the workers worked in three month shifts.

Save your breath for laughing at this idiot. He literally uses flat earth conspiracy sites as reference material.