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A photography depicting the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza - 2565 BCE. (media.kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Actually, 2500/18 is only 139kg. That's a lot, but it's less than what some people do today

edit for those taking this serious: that block is way heavier than 2.5 tonne. Sandstone has a density of about 2.323 tonne/m3. This block looks about 8 meters long, so 8x8x8x2.323=1.187 kilotonnes

[–] omgitsaheadcrab 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it's that heavy how are they picking it up?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Nah, 2.5 tonne seems about right

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But regular workers back then didn't understand what those weight numbers/hieroglyphs meant, so they just picked it up unaware it's way too heavy to do so.

The photographer was giggling at them & about to explain how heavy the blocks are - but doing so a lot of workers would be immediately pancaked.

[–] Lucidlethargy 2 points 7 months ago

Thank you. Finally, some logic!