There are some who believe the great pyramids of Giza and Dahshur were built by a lost civilization thousands if not tens of thousands of years before the Dynastic period and that the inferior "rubble pyramids" that came after Giza were what was made by the lowly Egyptians. But the question ignored, assuming this is true, how then did the AE build their pyramids?
For example, the pyramid of the early 5th Dynasty pharaoh Sahure located at Abusir near Saqqara:
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As unimpressive as it may look today due to it being heavily pillaged for stone in ancient times including most of its fine white casing stones, it is believed to have originally been approximately 154ft high with a base of 258ft.
The core is made of steps of rough cut limestone blocks often held together with mortar with the largest blocks weighing upwards of 2 tons each. Most impressive is the interior whose descending passage was clad in fine cut granite with massive limestone roof beams. The burial chamber, however, contains several of the largest stones known in the ancient world estimated to weight upwards of 200 tons each.
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Entrance Photo
The temple complex is one of the most impressive in ancient Egypt employing many large granite pillars and blocks including a large basalt floor like the mortuary temple at G1.
How did the AE build these pyramids? How did they cut, transport, and lift the blocks? What tools did they use to shape the interior stones and temple blocks, including granite, no different than the lost civilization did with the great pyramids?
We are told the AE did not use ramps, cranes, or any kind of mechanical advantage- so how then did build a pyramid 154ft high including cladding it in limestone casing stones? How did they cut and move the granite to line the inner passage and roof it with massive blocks? As we are also told the AE could not cut granite and all granite was pilfered from this lost civilization, which if so, still does not answer the question how they moved them to line the chamber with the same precision as seen in the great pyramids. How did they move and erect a series of 200 ton limestone blocks configured like the QC, RC, and entrance of G1?
5th Dynasty Pyramid of Unas (141'x 189'):
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5th Dynasty Pyramid of Neferirkare (239' x 344')
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Massive chamber ceiling blocks:
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On and on it goes. There were at least a dozen stone pyramids built in the 5th and 6th Dynasties ranging in estimated height from 141-239ft. While their core blocks are rough cut and on average smaller than those used to build the great pyramids, many employed fine casing stones, some even of granite, with fine cut and joined lined interiors of both granite and limestone often massive blocks some more than twice as large as any found in the great pyramids.
So much nonsensical effort is made to concoct various schemes as to how the lost civilization built the great pyramids yet none to show how the AE built the rest. So, how did the AE build these "inferior rubble pyramids"?
For example, the pyramid of the early 5th Dynasty pharaoh Sahure located at Abusir near Saqqara:
As unimpressive as it may look today due to it being heavily pillaged for stone in ancient times including most of its fine white casing stones, it is believed to have originally been approximately 154ft high with a base of 258ft.
The core is made of steps of rough cut limestone blocks often held together with mortar with the largest blocks weighing upwards of 2 tons each. Most impressive is the interior whose descending passage was clad in fine cut granite with massive limestone roof beams. The burial chamber, however, contains several of the largest stones known in the ancient world estimated to weight upwards of 200 tons each.
Entrance Photo
The temple complex is one of the most impressive in ancient Egypt employing many large granite pillars and blocks including a large basalt floor like the mortuary temple at G1.
How did the AE build these pyramids? How did they cut, transport, and lift the blocks? What tools did they use to shape the interior stones and temple blocks, including granite, no different than the lost civilization did with the great pyramids?
We are told the AE did not use ramps, cranes, or any kind of mechanical advantage- so how then did build a pyramid 154ft high including cladding it in limestone casing stones? How did they cut and move the granite to line the inner passage and roof it with massive blocks? As we are also told the AE could not cut granite and all granite was pilfered from this lost civilization, which if so, still does not answer the question how they moved them to line the chamber with the same precision as seen in the great pyramids. How did they move and erect a series of 200 ton limestone blocks configured like the QC, RC, and entrance of G1?
5th Dynasty Pyramid of Unas (141'x 189'):
5th Dynasty Pyramid of Neferirkare (239' x 344')
Massive chamber ceiling blocks:
On and on it goes. There were at least a dozen stone pyramids built in the 5th and 6th Dynasties ranging in estimated height from 141-239ft. While their core blocks are rough cut and on average smaller than those used to build the great pyramids, many employed fine casing stones, some even of granite, with fine cut and joined lined interiors of both granite and limestone often massive blocks some more than twice as large as any found in the great pyramids.
So much nonsensical effort is made to concoct various schemes as to how the lost civilization built the great pyramids yet none to show how the AE built the rest. So, how did the AE build these "inferior rubble pyramids"?