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A photography depicting the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza - 2565 BCE. (media.kbin.social)

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[–] stufkes 20 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I'm curious, would it physically be possible for this amount of people to hold up such a weight? Assuming it is perfectly straight and lifted onto their hands with a crane? I'm thinking of the eggs that can hold much more weight when it's distributed through a flat surface on top of the eggs.

[–] wieson 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Imagine one person holding up a pillar of stone, the base area of the person's width, and higher then one man. So maybe 50cm X 50cm X 300cm of solid stone. That's more than double the weight of the person itself, probably more than 5 times.

[–] stufkes 2 points 7 months ago

Thanks! Yeah I thought so, it must be just not enough people even if it could work in principle

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