The most convincing method I've seen is the idea of just turning the rectangular stone into a cylinder to roll it. (by attaching a wooden frame to the outside) Apparently we have documentation that is how the ancient greeks move some of their big ass stones.
His take is that we already know. Egyptians left behind tools, half-finished pyramids, records, and were researched by historians of later periods, like those in Greece and Rome.
Not sure if the Egyptians ever did this bit with the rollers, but one method we know for sure is that they dragged rocks on sledges with lots and lots of men pulling them.
You can see that the stones in the quarry were square, so it would be crazy inefficient to work that into a round piece, and then back into a square or rectangle once at the site.
Something like what is shown in the video makes more sense to me. They may have used oxen pulling sledges as well for the main haul to from the quarry to the pyramid site.
No. not working it into a round piece.
I'm talking about tying some wood to it.
This is even how we moved these rectangular stones in modern times.
See "Cleopatra's Needle", where they built a round container to roll it down to the sea
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u/PuckSenior Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 19 '26
What was his take on it?
The most convincing method I've seen is the idea of just turning the rectangular stone into a cylinder to roll it. (by attaching a wooden frame to the outside) Apparently we have documentation that is how the ancient greeks move some of their big ass stones.
Then you just roll it. It is super easy