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A photography depicting the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza - 2565 BCE. (media.kbin.social)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Imagine one person holding up a pillar of stone, the base area of the person's width, and higher then one man. So maybe 50cm X 50cm X 300cm of solid stone. That's more than double the weight of the person itself, probably more than 5 times.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks! Yeah I thought so, it must be just not enough people even if it could work in principle