Aw, it wasn't aliens afterall?

Mystery of Great Pyramid 'solved'



Internal ramps were used to push the stones into place, Houdin says

A French architect claims to have solved the mystery of how Egypt's Great Pyramid was built.

Jean-Pierre Houdin said the 4,500-year-old pyramid, just outside Cairo, was built using an inner ramp to lift the massive stones into place.


Other theories contend that the three million stones - each 2.5 tons - were pushed into place using external ramps.


Mr Houdin studied the problem for eight years and used a computer model to illustrate how he thought it was done.


"This is better than the other theories, because it is the only theory that works," said Mr Houdin as he unveiled his theory with a 3D computer simulation.


He believes workers used an outer ramp to build the first 43 metres (47 yards) then constructed an inner ramp to carry stones to the apex of the 137m pyramid.


The pyramid was built to house the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu, also known as Cheops.


The Grand Gallery inside the pyramid, another source of mystery for Egyptologists, housed a giant counter-weight used to hoist five 60 ton granite beams into position above the King's Chamber.


Internal counterweights also helped move the massive stones

"This goes against both main existing theories," Egyptologist Bob Brier told Reuters news agency after Mr Houdin explained his hypothesis.


"I've been teaching them myself for 20 years but deep down I know they're wrong."


Mr Houdin said that an outer ramp all the way to the top of the pyramid would have blocked sight lines and left little room to work, while a long, frontal ramp would have used up too much stone.


Further confusing matters, there is little evidence left of external ramps at the site of the Great Pyramid.


Mr Houdin said the pyramid could have been built by 4,000 people using his technique instead of 100,000, as postulated by other theorists.


The architect is now assembling a team to verify his theory on site using radars and other non-invasive means.

i saw something on discovery channel about this not long ago

Neat so they finally figured it out! I think...

But Adam it STILL could possible be Aliens! Don't give up hope... this is just a logical way for people to see it if they do not believe in Aliens... Besides maybe the Aliens used this technique ^_^

Whatever the technique they used... Egyption stuff fasinates me! they still need to figure out how silver and gold I think it was combound or what was that metal? I can not remember the name of it... starts with an "E" I think an alloy that they made but people can not figure out how they did it back when and still remains a mystrey today

-RMS Carpathia-

I allways remember reading the paranoid/psycho websites which claim the pyramids were beacons for ufo's to land near, or markers for an ancient, super advanced ship under the sand
A few sites cling to the theory that underneath the sphynx is a massive "hall of records" detailing stuff about atlantis to

I read this story myself earlier today. You noticed that some scientist are already having to re-consider their theories and what they have taught as fact for decades?

Makes you think that maybe they shouldn't be so cocksure about humans causing global warming, hmm? :grin:

I still say global warming is natral... I mean how else was the dinosaurs in tropical type of weather ALL over the world except maybe the highest mountain peaks or something...

But yeah I know what you mean Rhus

-RMS Carpathia-

Here is something I learned from math, I think it applies.

Errors are created by Human Work.

Science was created by Human Work.

Human Work runs science which creates all research.

Research = Science = Human Work = Error

That makes perfect sense.

heh, those humans. We should kill them off someday!

*pulls finger away from button*

Oh... someday, not today.