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Even with our advanced understanding of mathematics and astronomy today, would we be able to recreate these structures with such precision?
It’s not just about replicating the shape or size, but the entire process they went through—moving those massive stones with such limited tools and resources.
A new study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift.
Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of major hydraulic systems from previous beliefs.
The landscape, waterways, and interior architecture of the pyramid all point to the hydraulic system.
The ingenuity of ancient Egyptian engineers may have been even more ahead of their time than we thought. A new study suggests a currently unexplained ancient structure may have been part of a water purification system feeding a hydraulic lift to raise huge stone blocks to build a pyramid.
From our vantage point thousands of years later, the specific steps of how ancient wonders were built have been lost to time, leaving us with massive, mysterious monuments that we can’t always explain. Aliens are often suggested to have lent a hand, but that explanation doesn’t really give due credit to ancient people, who had much more advanced understandings of engineering and geometry than we might realize. New evidence now suggests that the ancient Egyptians used a unique hydraulic lift system to build their early pyramids.
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: BigRedChew
If you like that kind of stuff i imagine the YouTube channel "The Why Files" might be right up you're avenue if you have not already heard of the place.
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Just mind and take the content with a large pinch of salt.