cladking Wrote:
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> I didn't mean to imply they couldn't build
> something with the exact specifications you are
> suggesting.  Now I see why you are suggesting this
> so it would make sense to build it.  
>
> I just have a knee jerk reaction to scoff at
> overly complex means of building pyramids since I
> believe they couldn't have solved the fundamental
> problems with things like "ramps" or water screws
> etc etc.  This hardly means that what they did
> couldn't involve any complexity merely that it had
> to evolve naturally from the knowledge they
> possessed.  It's easier to believe the pyramid was
> a pump that built itself than that they banded
> together to drag stones up ramps and then left
> evidence for something else.  
>
> Your system could have evolved but it would have
> been difficult to evolve with the simple materials
> they actually had available.  
>
> I like your "lever crane".  It might have several
> possible applications.


Hi Cladking,

We have known each other for years here on GH.  Which... makes me wonder if you are not baiting me.

> I like your "lever crane".  It might have several possible applications.

The lever crane was a product of my Grand Gallery explanation. You do not need a corbelled arch,  for pulling stones up the ramp. You do need it, if you intend to place a lever crane inside, as you work your way higher. 

The holding blocks fit perfectly into the wall notches running along the gallery.  Why the corbelled arch? Simple question, though have you heard anyone answer it. Kinda odd, that this fits so well... :)