There is plenty of evidence that shows that the pyramids was build with hard work and not by slaves. You should do some research before considering magic means. People in ancient times threw the word magic around to explain anything that was beyond their understanding. However, in modern times, when information is available through multiple resources, including the very internet you are using to read this, explainations to such things should be investigated first.
I can believe that the electricity in my home is magic, but that doesn't make it so, it just makes me uneducated to the truth of the matter.
No doubt, there are things in this world beyond explaination, that we can label "magic" but then again, is it "magic" or is it just something beyond our understanding. Even magick itself can be explained. It is a science/art in its own, and must be produced in a certain way. Despite the miles that separate, everyone who practices magick uses meditation, mind and emotion to cause it. Is it truly "supernatural" or something natural that extends beyond our full knowledge that we harness yet cannot completely "prove".
To me, magick is natural. Something that is labeled "magick" for the purpose of communication and understanding, however, besides the lack of modern science to support it's capablities, it is very real and completely normal. People just choose to either ignore its existence or accept it. Most experienced magick practioners do not separate spirituality from the physical. It is existence and life as a whole, nothing more.
I'm not taking sides, but there is some interesting facts the cast doubt on the traditional view of how the pyramids were built.
1) The tools. Copper was the strongest metal we know the Egyptians used, but even such tools would have been incredibly inefficient and need replacing/repairing constantly (think every 15 minutes of work). The workers must have gone through thousands of chisels every minute given the amount of stone they needed to carve in the amount of time they built pyramid in.
2) On the job injuries. Again, the Egyptians had very weak tools, not just hammers and chisels, but also ropes and wooden sleds. Accidents must have been common as they pulled the massive stones up even more massive wooden ramps. Given the amount of time and materials used for the pyramids, the Egyptians must hold the record for largest assembly line ever created. Anyone who's ever worked in a factory knows that one injury can stop the whole factory. I seriously doubt that the Egyptians could get the assembly line running again fast enough to build the pyramid in the amount of time they did. Before you say so, no they couldn't just go around the broken sled. Even if they could, they would need to do so before the stone slab slid back down the ramp.
3) The accounts. Yes, I'll admit this is the least credible evidence behind the theory. Then again, we're real-life wizards. Lots of past-life regressions back to ancient Egypt have provided accounts that the Discovery channel is wrong. Once, psychic Sylvia Brown (look her up and you'll find she's the real deal) was hypnotizing a construction worker who wanted to lose some weight and he started speaking Assyrian (a college professor confirmed it). When she told him to speak English he said he found it humorous that nobody had figured out that the Egyptians used "anti-gravity rods" that just lifted the stones into place like a crane. After the session was over, Sylvia made the guy forget about the regression.
There you have it, that's everything I know. Again, I'm not taking sides in this argument, just contributing information.
It isn't that hard to believe when you understand physics fully. They still have a ramp to this day that the egyptians used.
And as for carving rock harder than copper...harder rock would suffice. That is how we still do it, we use diamond coated saw blades when cutting stone and metal. I'm sure those things haven't been discovered because a rock can be easily overlooked.
Such things as building the pyramids was not something the egyptians wanted to be public. It was the "work of the gods" not humans. They probably hid as much evidence of building the structures as possible. Of course, corpses do not lie. The human being is capable of lifting quite a lot of weight. How much do we pick up on a daily basis? For me it's 45lbs, my daughter. For most, it's a gallon of milk!
If you've ever spoken to a military man, you may have heard of Sea Bees (the Navy construction battalion) that can build a bridge to carry a tank in hours under fire. The human is capable of many amazing feats, we just don't commonly use our full potential.
I used to carry my ex husbands military bag filled to the brim with laundry. It was a mile to the laundromat. Did you know those things can hold 100+ lbs of cloths. Anywho, I had to stop because I developed cracks in my metatarsals. A healthy person could do it easily though :/
Thank you for some very good counterpoints to the information I provided. I've actually heard a theory (I'm not changing the subject) about Stonehenge's stones being moved by spinning them around, and it requires very little effort with the right leverage. However, I also heard of a study where some construction workers tried to build a mini-pyramid the same way the Egyptians were thought to, and they simply couldn't. They ended up having to carve the stones with a bulldozer and even then they could not find a way to set them in place. If the Egyptians built the pyramids the way we think they did, then they must have had a ruling class capable of organizing the single largest, most complex, and most efficient engineering project in the history of all mankind.
You used the phrase "I believe" several times, which puts a personal spin on it. Nevertheless, this prompted some good discussion. I think both Bry and White nailed it spot on.
