(November 10, 2011 at 1:11 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I haven't heard anything about another attempt at this. Given the state of Egypt today it makes little sense to think that a project of this magnitude could be begun.
In the 70's there were a couple of attempts made by Nissan engineers and later from Waseda University.
I found this summary of the latter attempt.
Quote:"Indeed, Japanese engineers from Waseda university, who built a scale model of the Great Pyramid, estimated that it would have required over a thousand years to build the Great Pyramid. "
(November 10, 2011 at 1:11 pm)binny Wrote: Why on earth would someone want to do this? I don't get it.
Because no one has a fucking clue how it was done.
I'm not sure if it's correct but I read that the pyramids were built in about 20 years. It would be a really interesting if they did give it a shot.
