Pyramid Construction and the Size of the Building Blocks
Posted by: Jim in Pyramids, Mystery, Engineering, Egypt on May 17, 2008
A question that has always haunted me is why the builders used such large blocks in the construction? Logic would tell us that if at their size and weight(minimum 2.5 tons) it was difficult for them to handle they would have reduced their size to facilitate construction. The only conclusion that I can make is that they must not have had trouble working with such large masses or else the construction plan itself required the larger size. Why not make them the size of standard building blocks?
If anyone can shed light on this conundrum please let me know!
