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| Jul 29, 2019 at 11:30 | comment | added | Matt Balent | @vsz - How were the blocks moved? put in place? measurements made? alignment of structures/features calculated? These are all examples of technology not logistics/organization. | |
| Jul 28, 2019 at 10:42 | comment | added | vsz | Why I don't want to dismiss the great effort invested in the building of the pyramids, they were more of a wonder of organization, not of technology. The shape of the pyramids is actually the shape which is the easiest to build (from an engineering perspective). Just put layers upon layers upon layers. When you finished one layer, you can build the next one on top of it. Compare it with Gothic cathedrals, which are just as high, but are hollow inside, so they needed a lot of engineering for their parts to support each other, and frameworks to hold it together before it got finished. | |
| Jul 26, 2019 at 18:12 | history | answered | Matt Balent | CC BY-SA 4.0 |