February 17, 2008 08:59AM
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Clive;
With a 45 degree slope the ramp would reach 150 RC high when 150 RC long with 45 degree sides 150 rc wide at base (plus the witdth of ramp-road)...
I would see it faced with semi dressed stone laid at a 52 degree to horizontal face to prevent "blowout", and filled with a friction adding fill, such as the chips n' chnks from the cutting and dressing areas. I think a layer of strong material to reinforce every meter or two could make a lot of sense, say maybe a reed-mat from the Nile? This would prevent slippage of fill side to side and up and down, and be stronger as compression grew.
Take a lot of manpower to drag those blocks up that ramp?
You betcha.
So much so that as the layers rose the blocks might get smaller?
Makes sense...
Lets look at the pyramid, lo and behold, the blocks get smaller higher up...
Coincidence? Mayhap...
Now, what would you use the semi dressed stone you faced the ramp with after tear down?
Possibly walls and sub structures aroung the great pyramids.
And the fill?
Make pretty good fill for the causeways and sub construct foundations, mightn't it?
Is this the definitive answer?
How the heck would I know, not having found a written record to prove it...
But it at least explains the how-what-where part of your challenge.
Jammer
ps, This ramp would stay smaller in volume than the pyramid it built btw.
How? The pyramid itself takes away from ramp volume as it climbs, supplying it with a solid foundation base.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/17/2008 09:01AM by Jammer.
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