One of the things about the
Pyramids, and how they were built, that has always bothered me was the presumed
level of technology of the ancient Egyptians.
From my research so far, a majority of archeologists- Egyptologists most
notably- have stated that the Pyramids of Giza (and the Sphinx as well) were
built without the benefit of technologies such as the wheel, block and tackle
(pulley systems) or draft animals.
Let us take each technology one by
one to better understand the argument.
Draft Animals- The
significance of that is they can reduce a workload exponentially. Think about it, in many parts of the world-
past and present- draft animals (elephants, yaks, horses, oxen, etc.) are used
for a variety of tasks, but most often for hauling or pulling heavy loads that
human could not realistically do themselves- such as moving and placing 40 ton
blocks.
Now we are to believe that resource
was unavailable to the Egyptians at the assumed time of the Pyramids- 2800
BCE. However, we are told that animals
were domesticated, at the latest, 6000 BCE.
That is 3200 years in which to perfect the use of animals. Now, you may argue that perhaps Egypt did
not have this technology even if Mesopotamia did, but I would ask: What about
all those stone carvings of chariots inside the Pyramids themselves?
Which brings me to the next
technology: The Wheel.
Many sources have placed the
invention of the wheel at 3500 BCE- 700 years before the Pyramids- and yet we
are to believe the Egyptians lacked this technology? How sloppy! Even more
damning to the Egyptologists’ argument is the use of wheeled vehicles in Uruk
in 3200 BCE- a staggering 400 years this technology was available and yet not one
Egyptian engineer (seriously, there would had to have been engineers to
pull off the marvel of the Pyramids) knew of it? How stupid do Egyptologists and historians think we are? However, in all fairness, the public at
large does not question the “knowledge” of the “experts”, instead blindly
deferring to their judgment.
Now before I go on to considering
the block and tackle, I would like to take a moment to look at another type of
technology available in the area at the time of the building of the Pyramids.
The Egyptians had ship sailing
technology. Now I am not saying their sails
were as advanced as the Spanish Armada, or even the Phoenicians, but come
on! The very existence of sails
requires riggings (i.e. ropes and pulleys) in order to control the sail and its
exposure to the wind- even with its very basic design. So, I think we can safely say that the
Egyptologists are wrong- yet again- about the lack of the block and tackle
technology.
Now, upon considering all of this,
does it not seem a bit ridiculous to continue that the Pyramids of Giza were
built with nothing more than manpower, levers and national pride?