cladking Wrote:
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I am well aware they had a word for
> > "ramp" after the great pyramid building age.
> I
> > assume they had this same word DURING the great
> > pyramid building age. The problem here is that
> > this word is unattested during the time we
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> > they were using them to build great pyramids.
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> > But the word can be seen on a First Dynasty
> > sealing dated to Horus Djer
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> I'll investigate this but even if you're right
> this is before the great pyramid building age.

See Mark Lehner "Archeology of an Image" Ph.D. thesis page 140 citing Edwards (1985) that the pyramid causeway was called a ramp or Ra-st3w for "entrance of the haul".
They clearly were dragging not only lifting. Of course the compromise is weight. Once the blocks became smaller they could be lifted.
The best thing to do is to look at Petrie's course thickness and the construction speed data by Rolf Krauss I gave to Steve to exactly pin point the height when they switched from ramp to elevator.




Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06-Mar-20 21:33 by Manu.