Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, positing that they used a pulley and counterweight system to erect it so quickly. The radical research was published in the journal Nature.
“The construction proposal based on analysis of the pyramid’s architecture and masonry is physically advantageous and can explain the fast construction,” writes study author Dr. Simon Andreas Scheuring of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York.
The Great Sphinx of Giza and the three pyramids.merydolla
For decades, archaeologists have racked their brains over the construction of Egypt’s largest pyramid, which is comprised of 2.3 million limestone blocks, the smallest of which weigh two tons, while the largest tip the scales at over 60.
According to the team’s calculations, the impressive structure was erected over two decades, meaning that a brick got laid every minute, per the study.
