Just read that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built in about 27 years and my mind is blown

I was watching a documentary last night, I think it was on the History Channel, and they said the Great Pyramid was put up in roughly 27 years. That's like, 2.3 million blocks of stone. I had to pause it and just sit there. I always pictured it taking centuries, you know? Like generations of people slowly stacking rocks. But 27 years? That's less time than I've lived in my current house. It means they were placing a massive stone block every few minutes, day and night, for decades. The logistics of feeding and housing that many workers alone is crazy to think about. How did they even plan that without computers or modern tools? Has anyone else come across a fact about an ancient build that just seems impossible with the tech they had?

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the_emery1mo ago

I always assumed it took way longer too, but that 27 year timeline is actually pretty solid based on the quarry marks and worker village they found.

the_david1mo ago

Ancient engineers were next level.

rowank694d ago

Less time than I've lived in my current house" is the part that really gets me. My place still has the same broken closet door from when I moved in. They built a perfect geometric mountain in that same time.