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As one of the ancient civilizations in human history, the inhabitants of ancient Egypt entered a highly socialized life. More than 4000 years ago, two dynasties were formed in ancient Egypt: Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt. In the subsequent development, the ancient Egyptians established an ancient civilization that we admire so far. In ancient Egypt, they invented their own writing "China-Egypt" culture. In medicine, they have many practical conclusions in pharmacology. In production, they invented many imaginative tools, which are just the tip of the iceberg of ancient Egyptian culture.
Ancient Egyptian culture is so colorful, but when it comes to ancient Egypt, everyone's first reaction must be the pyramids. Among the hundreds of pyramids in ancient Egypt, one is the best, and that is pyramid of khufu. Pyramid of khufu is the largest pyramid in the world. Up to 146.5 meters, equivalent to the height of 40 floors. However, it is almost a solid, made of huge stones stacked on top of each other. Therefore, it can withstand thousands of years of wind and rain without overturning.
After investigation by experts, it is concluded that there are about 2.3 million stones used in pyramid of khufu, with an average weight of 2.5 tons, of which the largest stone even has more than 100 tons. According to experts' analysis, even if there are 654.38+10,000 participants, it will take about 50 years to complete. Is the famous pyramid of khufu built entirely by manpower?
We all know a common sense: when building a pyramid, it is impossible to build the top of the pyramid entirely by manpower, and it is difficult for a person to climb to the height of 40 stories, let alone carry huge stones. So how was the famous pyramid of khufu built? In order to solve this problem, we need to start with this boulder.
According to ancient records, the boulder used by pyramid of khufu came from the Aswan area in southern Egypt today. The stones here are of good quality, very hard and not easily deformed. There is no adhesive between the stones in the pyramid of khufu, and the walls are completely composed of overlapping bites of stones. Even a sharp knife can't be inserted between stones.
Pyramid of khufu is located in the Giza Plateau southwest of Cairo today, several hundred kilometers away from Aswan. How to transport the stones to the place where the pyramids were built is a difficult problem. At first, experts in ancient Egypt thought that the boulder should be transported to its destination through a huge inclined plane, plus a rolling log that can rotate under it as a "wheel", but recent data show that the ancient Egyptians probably used waterways!
In that era when there were no cars, cranes and hanging towers, logs and slopes were naturally the most commonly used tools for workers at that time, but it was obviously impossible to move the boulder to a higher position in the pyramid only by relying on these things. However, it can be realized by this method: first, dig a canal near the pyramid, and then build the pyramid to a certain extent and carry out certain transformation to make it complete the function of storing water. Next, the huge stone will be tied with inflatable skin or buoyant wood, so that the stone can be moved and transported more easily under the action of fluid buoyancy.
But how to make the stone rise with water? As we all know, "water flows downwards". More facilities will be used at this time. First, a shaft will be built at the bottom of the pyramid and an inclined waterway will be built. Then, the flow direction of water will be controlled by using gates. Under the action of buoyancy, the stone will always be in a floating state, which makes it easier to float. Of course, in every rising floor, it is necessary to build a horizontal passage, so as to ensure that the water can constantly bring stones up, which is why the pyramid can be built quickly.
The ancient Egyptians used hydraulic lifting stones, which still belongs to modern speculation, because there is no such record in ancient literature. As for how Egyptian craftsmen build pyramids and how to send huge stones to the top, they still have to place their hopes on the relevant experts, hoping that they can continue to work hard to find and solve this mystery as soon as possible.