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A photography depicting the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza - 2565 BCE. (media.kbin.social)
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[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Actually, 2500/18 is only 139kg. That's a lot, but it's less than what some people do today

edit for those taking this serious: that block is way heavier than 2.5 tonne. Sandstone has a density of about 2.323 tonne/m3. This block looks about 8 meters long, so 8x8x8x2.323=1.187 kilotonnes

[-] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

If it's that heavy how are they picking it up?

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Nah, 2.5 tonne seems about right

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

But regular workers back then didn't understand what those weight numbers/hieroglyphs meant, so they just picked it up unaware it's way too heavy to do so.

The photographer was giggling at them & about to explain how heavy the blocks are - but doing so a lot of workers would be immediately pancaked.

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you. Finally, some logic!

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