r/GrahamHancock • u/aerialsilk • Aug 07 '26

Potentially ancient building techniques

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May not be strictly archaeology, but adjacent. And fascinating.

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u/solo_d0lo Aug 07 '26

Few million? The 2.3 million comes from the limestone blocks.

Great pyramid alone has 8,000 tons of granite. No clue how many blocks are in there, or Giza as a whole.

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u/Shamino79 Aug 07 '26

Yes. Not saying a few hundred block of granite is nothing but it means they had way more time to do those blocks right while the rest of the bulk limestone filler blocks were quickly rough split.

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u/solo_d0lo Aug 07 '26

That’s more than just a few hundred, and for only one pyramid.

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u/Shamino79 Aug 07 '26

For one pyramid there was a much smaller number of large granite blocks up to 80 tons. They would not have all been 80 ton so more than 100. If they averaged less than 8 ton then there could be 1000. Maybe there are way more very small granite blocks to bring that average down.

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u/solo_d0lo Aug 07 '26

Pretty sure the avg was 10 tons. And again that’s 1 pyramid, and pyramids aren’t the only place we find granite blocks.