Re:Archaeologists Uncover How Egyptians Built the Great Pyra...
by KGIII on Monday September 25, 2017 @02:21PM
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I pretty much only watch documentaries and American football. That is it. I'm almost sixty. I've watched a lot of documentaries.
The Netflix equivalent would be binge watching, I think. I binge watch subjects. Over the years, Egypt has been a recurring subject.
It should be noted that it is purely for entertainment. I watch documentaries because that is what I enjoy. It is absolutely not a scholastic activity and I make no effort to learn anything from it.
I just really enjoy documentaries. If I learn something, that was incidental and not my goal. Very, very seldom do I take it to the point where I'll do additional research on a topic, contact a person from the documentary, or do a more detailed study of something in the docs.
It's just what I do, I like them.
The French architect you mention is Jean-Pierre Houdin, he claims that a long straight ramp was used for the bottom 1/3 of the pyramid, then an interior spiral for the remaining. There is a large notch 2/3 up the pyramid and other evidence of some spiraling features that lends some weight to this one.
Another interesting theory is that water from these canals were used in a series of locks and temporary "ponds" elevated as each layer of the pyramid was built.