The Egyptian Theory explains how the Egyptians build the pyramids. The Pyramids of Giza, which are ten of the largest in the world, stand west of the Nile River outside of Cairo. The Ancient Egyptians had no use of machinery or tools, so they supposebly cut big limestone and/or cinder blocks with copper and chinsel saws These stones came from distant quarteries nearby. The stones weighed approximately two to four tons a piece. They then built long ramps of earth and dragged the stones up the ramps to form the next layer. As each layer was finished, they raised and lengthened the ramps. After all the needed layers were finished, the pyramid was covered with coating of white casting stones, most of these stones are gone now due to wind and erosion. The workers would work in groups of some 100,000 for three to four months out of the year.
The Egyptians wrote on walls about their culture and believed a person's body had to be observed and protected so they could live forever. From 2700 B.C. to 1700 B.C. the bodies of Egyptian Kings were buried inside or underneath a pyramid in a secret chamber that was filled with treasures. Some scholars believe the pyramid shape has a religious meaning to the Egyptians, the sloping sides reminded the Egyptians of the slanting rays of the sun, by which the King could climb to the sky and join the gods.
