Ancient Egyptians Used Wet Sand to Drag Massive Pyramid Stones

There are a lot of interesting theories as to how the pyramids were made, and also many questions about how the builders were able to do things that we still can’t replicate today in some cases.
It is not only Egypt that has pyramids, but they are actually found in many places around the world.
Regardless of how they were built, it took a lot of effort and time to build them, and some of these structures show no indication that they were actually built as tombs, which has been the common explanation.
What if they might have been built for a totally different purpose, and with an advanced technology that has been lost throughout the ages.......

 
HappyFlower, you could be right about some pyramids not being used as tombs. However, I was inside "The Great Pyramid" of Khufu on the Giza Plateau, just west of Cairo, and in the uppermost chamber there is a granite sarcophagus. The lid is missing. Note that one of the corners has been broken away. This leads me to believe that it was plundered by tomb robbers in ancient times.

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If I'd been around then, I would have mixed the wet sand with cement and made concrete pyramids.......just a thought.....:D
 
Traveler said:
HappyFlower, you could be right about some pyramids not being used as tombs. However, I was inside "The Great Pyramid" of Khufu on the Giza Plateau, just west of Cairo, and in the uppermost chamber there is a huge granite sarcophagus. The lid is missing.

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The video shows this same exact picture, and explains about that large granite sarcophagus, and why it was probably not ever intended for that use.
After you watch the whole video, I would love to hear your thoughts, since you have actually been there and seen inside of the pyramid, Traveler !
 
HappyFlower, interesting video. It is certainly true that those small pots, could have been ancient primitive batteries. I have read about them before and it is possible. However, in my opinion, the rest of the video is pure hokum.

1st, the entire Earth has some electro-magnetic force. So, we would expect it to also be present under the Giza plateau.

2nd, I never felt the slightest voltage anywhere inside Khufu's Pyramid, nor inside The Step Pyramid of Djozer or in the Red Pyramid. I was also inside El Castillo at Chichen Itza in Mexico and I never felt any electric force there either.

3rd, I say, fantastic claims, require fantastic proof. We have all heard about theories of "ancient aliens". Nonsense. Not a shred of proof.

4th. I believe that it is possible that Khufu's burial room lies undiscovered inside the Great Pyramid. The men who built the pyramid where pure genius's. It is not at all unlikely they did a marvelous job of hiding Khufu's mummy. The so-called King's room may be an elaborate ruse to throw robbers off track. One thing is certain. The builders didn't go to all that trouble and vast expense just for kicks.

5th. Remember Occam's Razor. A 14 century Franciscan philosopher, William Ockham, said. "The more assumptions we must make about any occurrence the less likely it is to be true". In other words, the simplest explanation tends to be the true explanation.

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RadishRose said:
Not that I know a lot about many things, but this wet sand theory makes sense to me. I could almost imagine those tiny, smooth, rounded grains spinning in the wetness, affording an easier slide for a much bigger object.
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It makes no sense to me at all. Have you ever tried to drag a log or anything on a beach. The sand piles up in front of it if it's wet.

I do think they might have used sleds made of wood which was plentiful. And you wouldn't have to go through the process of wetting the sand for miles from the Nile to the pyramid site.

It doesn't make sense.

I have been a fan of Egyptian antiquity since I was about ten years old.

Now how did they get those stones lifted in place?

My theory. Counterweight using a long pole and a fulcrum and another stone on the other end.

They also built pyramids in the jungles of South America. No sand used.

Also. There is no depiction of wet sand in the numerous drawings which depicted life in all its forms in ancient Egypt.
 
How the ancient Egyptians managed to moved such massive stone has been an enigma. Theories abound. Some of the largest Obelisks weight in excess of 1,500 tons.

First, wood has never been plentiful in the arid climate of Egypt. Most of the construction wood had to be imported from Syria, long known for it's Cyprus trees. Furniture grad woods came from the Sudan. Palm wood is entirely too weak to be used for heavy work.

At the time when the pyramids were built, horses were totally unknown. It was not until the Hyksos invasion of 1550 B.C. that the Egyptians learned of horses for the 1st time.

I see no insurmountable problem simply moving huge heavy stones, provided that sledges with raised runners were used.

Yes, I agree that water might have been used to lessen friction. It is also possible that crude oil might have been used. Just to the East, in modern day Iraq and Saudi Arabia,there were pools of crude just lying about. Th Egyptians were great sailors and traders.

I agree that lifting of the stones could have been accomplished using levers and fulcrums. I have given that idea much thought and it seems at least possible. The curious thing is no paintings or papyrus drawings have ever been found which showed how the stones were lifted.

There was the Great Library of Alexandria, which was burned to the ground in aprox 50 BC, during the time of Cleopatra. The records could have been lost then.

One thing is certain. If leavers and fulcrums were used, they would have had to be massive.

Fun to think about. :)
 
there have been numerous explanations as to how and why the pyramids were built. i.e. the blocks were floated partially submerged from quarry to building site in canals which were later filled in....the blocks were placed on papyrus with magic symbols and when struck by a mystic they flew through the air, aliens levitated them, etc etc....and the electrical charge feeling was obtained at the apex atop the pyramid not inside and you need to use a leydan jar......many many books available with many many explanations....
 
WOW, Aunt Bea. That was a fantastic video. I've been scratching my head for many years, over how the ancients could have moved huge stones and here that guy comes along and makes it look like child's play. Amazing ! Thanks for the great post.:D
 
Oh, good point, Camper. I had not thought of that.

For the majority of stones used in the Giza Pyramids, there are open pit quarries quite close by. I didn't pace it off but I'd guess less than a mile away. (casing stones and the critical large granite stones had to be transported down the Nile from the Aswan quarries.)

Ok, how about this ? Suppose they laid out a long series of wooden ties, just like railroad ties. It seems possible that stones could be loaded on sledges and then drug over those ties. IF, and that's a big if, they also used crude oil from the Arabian Peninsula to cut the friction between the ties and the sledges. ???
 
I suppose they also could have used round logs as rollers with a gang picking up the ones behind and bringing them to the front as they pulled the stones along. I have seen that done on a smaller scale.

What I have a problem with is not the moving of the stones, because you can use brute force for that or animals pulling.

Did they have oxen?

It's the lifting the stones into place. And how about Easter Island and those huge statues. Apparently the bottoms were rounded and they rocked them into place using ropes.
 
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I recently saw a TV documentary that showed evidence of what might have been a large pool of water in front of the Sphinx.

That and other evidence in the area has given rise to speculation that canals were used to bring in building stones.

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