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An Advanced Level of Mathematics

Numbers were used in Ancient Egypt from very
early times. Papyruses from 2,000 BCE describing
mathematical problems have been found. The four

most referred to documents are known as the Kahun
fragments, and Berlin, Moscow and Rhind pa-
pyruses. These documents state, with examples, the
bases on which measurements are made. The

Egyptians knew that a triangle whose sides measure
3:4:5 is a right triangle, and made use of this knowl-
edge (which is now called the Pythagoras Theorem)
in their construction calculations. 51

In addition, the Egyptians knew the difference
between planets and stars. They added the stars,
some of which are very hard to see with the naked
eye, to their studies of astronomy.

And since the Egyptians' lives were dependent
on the Nile, they had to check its level during its an-
nual floods. The ruler had a "Nilometer" made to
measure the height of the river waters, and ap-

pointed officials for that purpose. 52

A Construction Technology Full of Secrets

The most important structures built in Ancient
The Rhind Papyrus
Egypt, at which visitors still gaze in wonder today,

are the mysterious pyramids. The most magnificent of
them is the Great Pyramid, regarded as the largest
stone edifice constructed in the world to date. Historians and archaeologists since the time of Herodotus have

put forward various theories as to how this pyramid was built. Some have maintained that slaves were used in
its construction and have suggested several different possible techniques, from the ramp technique to a ter-
raced pyramid. The complete picture that emerges from these hypothetical methods is this:
-Had this pyramid been built by slaves, then their number would be extraordinarily high, in the range of
240,000.

-Had a ramp been built to construct the pyramid, then it would have taken some eight years to dismantle
this ramp after the pyramid was completed. This theory, according to the Danish civil engineer Garde-Hanson,
is ridiculous, because once the ramp had been torn down, giant rough blocks would have been left over. Yet no

such evidence is to be seen anywhere. 53
Stating that Garde-Hanson has considered aspects underestimated by other theoreticians, Moustafa
Gadalla, in his book Historical Deception: The Untold Story of Ancient Egypt, goes on to say:

Try to visualize the staggering figures as you visit the pyramid: 4,000 year-round quarrymen producing 330 blocks
per day. During inundation season, 4,000 blocks per day are transported to the Nile, ferried across, hauled up the
ramp to the Giza plateau, and set into place in the core—a rate of 6.67 blocks per minute! Imagine 6.67 blocks every

60 seconds! 54
-In addition, bear in mind the fact that the surface area of each pyramid face is some 5.5 acres. Then some
115,000 casing stones were needed for each surface. These stones have been so scrupulously laid in place that
the gaps between them are too small to permit even a piece of paper to fit between them. 55

These are just some of the objections that show that the secrets regarding the construction of the pyramids
have still not been resolved by the twenty-first-century science and technology.

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