Pyramids at Giza

Pyramids at Giza

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The Great Pyramid at Giza has been perceived to be the seventh wonder of the ancient world which is still in existence. With regards to its construction, various theories have been formulated so that it can explain it. This is aimed at answering the questions as to how the ancient people constructed such monuments having great size, yet they had no modern machinery which would have enabled them to do so. It is a mystery on how such buildings was constructed but not those who constructed it. Pharaoh Khufu constructed it with his men, but the way he accomplished has raised various debates. Theories which have been constructed. Such theories range from the cranes as well as ramps to other modern equipment of construction. Despite the emergence of many theories, it can be depicted that the logical theories are those touching on the cranes and the ramps (Stanborough, 2016).

One of the known theories trying to explain this is the one which was established by Herodotus who is a Greek historian which in his theory mentioned the uses of the machines which helped in rising of blocks which in this regards is presumed to be the cranes. This theory has been accepted so much with the supporters believing that such cranes were used as they as well depicted that the farmers in Egypt during such times had wooden cranes like devices which are mainly known as the shadows. The farmers used this to raise the water from the Nile irrigation. In this regards, it is coherent that such cranes at various levels of the pyramids was utilized to lift the blocks. This theory however is incomplete as the Egyptians had no forests to find the trees to make long cranes to aid them as the importation of such proved to be expensive and thus not logic.