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Originally Posted by JohnnyClips
How tall are the pyramids?
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what's that have to do with it, 5,000 slaves can also shovel a lot of dirt, you build a level, then you raise the land around it, you build another level, then raise the land around it, repeat a couple hundred times, then you laugh at the guys who have to drag away all the sand they used to raise the land. Shoveling sand isn't that hard, and building a ramp out of sand that is several hundred feet, or even several thousand feet long so that it is a very slight grade, isn't that much work for a few thousand people. A bunch of dudes with logs can pound the air out of sand mixed with a bit of water and hay and make a road as hard as concrete.
there was a post a few pages ago stating that the most boring answer is usually the correct one, or something to that effect. Ancient building techniques we pretty boring as well, they just don't make sense to us because they were harder than calling for a crane. or buying a diamond tipped chop saw.