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Originally Posted by ThePhoenix I think they would have built them in steps (tiers or terraces). After they completed their base for the pyramid they would lift the blocks for the first tier from ground level by a contrivance, they were made from short timbers. On the first tier there was another contrivance to lift for the next and so on. This has also been tested by engineers and they agree that this type of devise could lift blocks that weigh over 100,000lbs   | How do you explain the fact that the levers attached to the basket in your animation stretch when the basket is at it's highest point?
And since the levers seem to be of equal length at each side of the fulcrum, you would be able to lift no more than the combined weight of the two people operating the levers.
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Last edited by Old and wise : 10-27-05 at 09:24 AM.
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