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HARUN YAHYA

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 terraced
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 pyra-
mid was completed. This theory, according to the Danish civil engi-
neer 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 underesti-
mated 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 inunda-
tion 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 scrupu-
lously laid in place that the gaps between them are too small to per-
mit 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 re-
solved by the twenty-first-century science and technology.

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