How many years did it take to build the Pyramid of Cheops?

Correct answer: 27

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What people think about it: 22 Comments

Old Fool

These days in most of the world it would take that long just to get planning permits.

Terrible Toom

it has 0ver 2 million blocks .That means its impossible to place a block in to place fast enough for the structure to be built in that time frame.

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin

Terrible Toom, you make a very interesting point! They estimate 2.3 million blocks which over a period of 27 years (just under 10,000 days) would mean cutting, transporting and laying between 230 & 240 blocks per day consistently. People have recently extrapolated that the workforce would have to average 13,200 people with a peak of 40,000.

LaudatoSi

Hope to visit this pyramid someday!

That Cøunt, Ray Bumpkin

Terrible Toom, of course there was always one guy, called Nefergifup, so would stay on for overtime at the end of his shift, pulling the blocks on his own. (that's just a joke in case anyone didn't get it)

Old Fool

Player blessedchica, Boats the deceased pharoah was supposed to use to take himself and his property (good, wives and slaves) to the stars in.

MFG

Player blessedchica, The God of the sky traveled across it in a boat, The Boat of the Sun. The boat is the solar barge.