Many theories and hypothesis were made, even published. Some were based on scientific knowledge, others on theology and a few on the supernatural, such as extraterrestrial’s help, but none had any hard evidence that supported the ideas. To this day, the construction of the pyramids still remains a mystery. Some believed that the pyramids were ancient burial sites for the pharaohs, but most of the bodies were discovered in the Valley of the Kings, tucked away into the cliffs. The pyramids were constructed of stone blocks each weighing between 2 and 15 tons with the tallest pyramid standing at 481 feet high.
Archeological evidence shows that the bottom chamber was abandoned, while the second was named the queens chamber. The third and final chamber is called the kings chamber and it is located at the center of the pyramid. The Egyptians were known as the masters of megalithic construction. It is still a mystery today, including a lot of the other megalithic constructions such as Stonehenge, how a pyramid of this size and weight could have been created. The research will also cover the advance technology that was used to create this massive structure without machines of mass power.
The pyramid is also the tallest man made structure for over 3800 years, and was later surpassed by Lincoln cathedral. The pyramid is a tomb built for the fourth dynasty Egyptian king Khufu, and that is why the pyramid of Giza is also called Khufu’s pyramid or the pyramid of Khufu. Khufu was remembered as a very ruthless king, but he is also remembered as the builder of the pyramid. The pyramid was built just under 30 years, used about 2 million blocks of stone, each blocks weigh 2.5 tons, and how did they move them from 500 miles away? Well a lot of people belief that sloping ramps built out of mud, stone, and wood were used as transportation.
The trick was that we could only use 100 popsicles sticks, no more than 100 and nothing else but Popsicle sticks and glue. The Bridge also had to be strong enough to hold 150 pounds. We thought how could we build a bridge that can be stable and strong enough to hold 150 pounds out of popsicles sticks, how can we possibly do that? We came to a conclusion that building a bridge has to do with Isaac Newton’s Laws, having the right structure, and materials we use. Newton’s Laws apply to a bridge.
Even today, with all the methods of planning and construction equipment, it would still be very difficult to build the pyramids. Joseph Davidovits is a French materials scientist and is known for the invention of geopolymer chemistry. He theorized that the blocks of the Great Pyramid were not built from carved stone but mostly from a form of limestone concrete or man-made stone. This was not a concrete made with plaster, nor is it a modern cement of the Portland type used to agglomerate ground up stone. Davidovits believed his agglomerated stone theory was the only one that was really holistic.
The pyramid of khufu stands 481 feet high, measures roughly 756 feet on each side and cover 13 acres of land it is the largest of ancient Egypt's 70 pyramids, if the blocks that form the pyramid were reduced to foot-sized square cubes and lined up, the cubs would stretch for 16,600 miles. originally the great pyramid was covered by casing stones that formed a smooth outer surface, consists of more than 2.3 million limestone blocks the largest granite stones in the pyramid found in the king's chamber weight 25 to 80 tonnes and were transported more than 500 miles away from aswan, two types of limestone were used for construction, A soft limestone either pure or nummulitic was used for the bulk of the core blocks and a hard white limestone for the mantle. The four faces of the pyramid are slightly concave, and it is the only pyramid to have been built this way. Contemporary experiments have demonstrated that the copper chisels and stone hammers used by workers were sufficient to chip away at limestone, Tests have determined that 2.5-ton limestone blocks can be transported a fair distance in a
The oldest known example of the Corinthian order is the temple of Apollo at Bassae. Building the Parthenon was a greater feat than they ever would have known. Work on the Parthenon began in 477 BC. A much smaller shrine already stood on this site. If such a structure in fact existed, it was torn down to make way for a huge limestone platform, roughly 252 by 103 feet in size that was built as a base for the new temple.
Most historians believe Emperor Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa built the first Pantheon in 27BC, though no one knows its exact age. It was a T-shaped structure that burned in the great fire of 80AD. Was rebuilt again by Emperor Domitian and struck by lightning and burned again in 110AD. In 120AD Emperor Hadrian began elaborate plans for the Pantheon that still stands today. It has three main parts the entrance portico, the domed rotunda (vault), and the connection between the two (Parker, 2009).
The statues were found in early 1970’s in a dark cavern in Xian, located in Shangxi province (Capek, 2008). Radiocarbon dating ascertains that the sculptures date back to the third century. The idea of recreating a whole army is incredible in the sense that no one remotely had thought of such an idea before. At first, the finding was kept in secret from the rest of the world, but it quickly turned out that archaeologists had run into a discovery that they claimed to be the most significant one in the history of sculpture (Man, 2008). This find caused fascination all over the world, since it was the only exact copy of a life-sized army created by humanity.
Like the Mexicas (and other indigenous people of central Mexico), the Maya built stone pyramids, but they did not dedicate any to human sacrifice. Mayan cities contained ball courts where opposing teams tried to get a rubber ball through a stone hoop. The game was not a sport, but a ritual, and often a matter of life and death. Mayan writing, composed of symbols called glyphs, was the most elaborate created by any indigenous civilization. In an attempt to eradicate Mayan indigenous religious belief, the Spanish conquistadors burned large collections of Mayan writings.