Who built the Egyptian pyramids? Bashny.Net

Time fears the pyramids. They never shared their secrets. The scale of this construction is astonishing. As proponents of the Laboratory of alternative history, the Egyptians could not build. According to them, the pyramids could be built by anyone: Atlanta, representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations, representatives of other Nations, but not the Egyptians. This is a very strange thesis is largely based on the fact that the Egyptians possessed sophisticated technology, which would allow them to start the processing of very hard stone, lifting heavy objects and the like.

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The Giza Necropolis

Many of the early pyramids were built quite rudely. They are made of small stone blocks and imperfect in terms of styling. These pyramids in its beauty is incomparable with those who are, say, in the Necropolis of Giza. And there are many supporters of the Laboratory of alternative history cheat: they convince us that more perfect pyramids are the first. And less perfect — was built by the Egyptians. So fit the facts.

To us today it is hard to envisage an era that is thousands of years ago. And that's why many people who grew up in the age of modern technology, can't imagine life without iron, without machines, can't understand how people who didn't have that, could build such impressive structures.

What is the main argument in favor of the fact that the Egyptians built their pyramids? The fact that they came to this immediately. First there was the millennial era of the Stone age, during which the Egyptians learned to process a stone. But as the methods of delivery of stone to the construction site, this raises another question.

You need to understand that the largest pyramids are built harmoniously and correctly. The largest blocks are laid in the basis, that is, they do not need to raise to a considerable height. And closer to the top are units of a smaller size. Thus, the builders saved time and resources. They knew that large blocks can not be raised to a great height, it requires a very considerable effort of many thousands of people. According to found in the tombs of the drawings large severity usually dragged people or bulls, and the other forces of the Egyptians were not. Therefore, we can conclude that for the Egyptians it was very important that in these pyramids is incarnated the spirit of the nation, that they might thus Express themselves in history, in this massive construction they were able to accumulate all their knowledge.



Pyramid of Khafre (or rather — Harry — the second largest ancient Egyptian pyramid

The Egyptians did not immediately come to the idea of creating spaces inside the pyramid itself. Initially all the rooms were under the ground, that is below the line of the base, and the pyramid was empty. And only with the improvement of principles of construction, when there was a so-called idea of a stepped vault, they begin to design the room inside the pyramid. What was the impetus for this revolution in architecture, we don't know. There is a hypothesis according to which the underground room was flooded with groundwater, so we had to look for new solutions. To protect the sarcophagus with the mummy, he tried to raise as high as possible. And came up with the idea of the first step of the arch is what we see in the pyramids of Sneferu and later in the pyramid, Harry, where the use and unloading of the camera. Thus, each pyramid a sarcophagus with the mummy of the king, rising higher and higher. Subsequently, all the pyramids were built already with the burial rest on the base line that they cut back and cheapen the construction process, it became more economically feasible. And gradually, the Egyptians did waive the construction of the pyramids.

When talking about the pyramids in General, use the term "polygonal masonry". However, it is typical for Latin America, in particular, the culture of the Incas. Nevertheless, there are a few samples of polygonal masonry, which was used in the construction of granite blocks in the valley temple of king Harry. The fact that polygonal masonry is not the art of stone processing, and the use of natural stones and a specific situation. That is, the Egyptians didn't adjust the stones, instead they used their natural imperfections to create the surface.

Conspiracy theorists among the very common argument that the stones of limestone perfectly matched that they cannot insert a knife blade, a sheet of paper and the like. However, it is necessary to mention one of the most important properties of limestone is its plasticity. This stone is under a lot of pressure starts to spresovuyetsya. And if this maintains the favorable humidity level, the process of the diffusion and interpenetration. For thousands of years when the blocks were laying on each other, they are partially fused with each other. And we today think that this is just the perfect seam. Initially, however, the seams might not be perfectly ideal.

In addition, the limestone used to build the Egyptian pyramids, very easy to not only the processing but also the environment. Therefore, the modern pyramids for the most part do not have a veneer over a century, the limestone eroded. And if even just press down hard on his hand, he begins to crumble under our fingers. And although they say that time is afraid of pyramids, in fact it is not. The pyramids are destroyed, and as they age, so it becomes more fragile than the limestone from which they are composed. Gradually, the stones crumble, and many even fall off their seats.



The pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) — the largest of the Egyptian pyramids

Any pyramid now requires conservation measures, and therefore many of the stones in the pyramid of Khufu polymerasechain covered with a special composition to prevent air and water erosion. Pyramid is a wonderful construction, but it is also a monument to the great genius of the Egyptian people. It was the Egyptians first learned to handle the limestone. Egyptian civilization is the civilization of limestone, which composed the majority of Egyptian temples.

For the construction of pyramids was necessary substantial knowledge of mathematics. Today scientists are convinced that the Egyptians performed mathematical calculations before you start building. But evidence of their mathematical thinking not survived. We don't know how they planned, conceived and tried to calculate the strength of the particular pyramid. But we do know that originally built the layout. It could be wood or stone. But this layout is to calculate all possible solutions. If during the construction it turned out that the calculation is not correct, the Egyptians made adjustments. The famous pyramid of Sneferu, the bent pyramid in Dahshur, was originally conceived with the correct faces. But gradually the mass of the building levels of the pyramid began to put pressure on the interior. As a result, the builders realized that if they continue building at the same pace and with the same dimensions, the internal space will collapse. As a result, they had as soon as possible to reduce the height of the pyramid. So it turned out to be broken.



Pyramid in Madame

Pyramid in Madame was also intended to be correct. But its design was first used so-called clutches of a false vault. The builders miscalculated the height of the internal walls of the burial alone, and the pyramid just crumbled. Its upper part still lies in ruins, although on the outside she maintained an original shape.

It is important to understand that the Egyptians built their pyramids by trial and error. Of course, they didn't have modern advanced mathematics, but they knew the secrets that allowed to build magnificent buildings. They never shared these secrets, not writing textbooks. His skills are passed down from father to son, and so we cannot understand them until the end. For example, they built the mound, due to which the stone blocks were moved to a considerable height. Then eliminated these mounds? But at least we know that these mounds were preserved their remains. But most importantly, the Egyptians used the energy of water, the energy of the Nile. So the ancient Egyptian civilization is the civilization of the Nile river. They not only sailed the great river, but also used it to move large masses of rock directly to the foot of the pyramids. The Egyptians have created an amazing civilization that was able to harness the Nile. They not only built the famous dam, but raised on the dams of the city, and rationalized labor in the construction of the pyramids.

In a historical perspective the Romans in some ways even surpassed the Egyptians. For example, when they built their famous aqueducts to deliver large volumes of water in places where water is not enough. Although the idea of aqueducts belongs, probably, to the Egyptians. Yes, they would envy the scale of construction of the Romans, but each civilization has made its contribution to the historic architectural thought. If the Romans were famous for building aqueducts, the Egyptians became famous for building pyramids. And nobody else tried to repeat their experience.

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