The Great Pyramid of Khufu

A French architect may have done what couldn't be done for 5,000 years: he might have figured out how the Egyptians constructed the Great Pyramid.

The Great Pyramid at Giza, a tomb to the fourth dynasty Pharaoh Khufu, is the last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It has also been the center of debate for many years as to how the Egyptians could have built something so massive and symmetrical with their bare hands. Theories have ranged from aliens building it, to wind-powered kites aiding in the lifting of the massive multi-ton stones, to a more widely accepted theory that ramps were constructed along the outside of the pyramid, with Egyptians workers working tirelessly in the farming off-season to complete the impressive tomb.

But now, French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin has used digital technology to theorize and construct a 3-D computer model of how he really thinks this incredible feat was accomplished. Rather than using a ramp on the outside of the pyramid, Houdin believes that an interior ramp was constructed, that the tomb was basically built from the outside in.

This incredible new theory not only has scientists and Egyptologists talking, it has them thinking that this idea is plausible. In fact, an team of International experts is being put together in order to explore this theory, and put it to the test, on site.

If proven, this could put to rest the many rumors that Ancient civilizations such as Egypt were not capable of single-handedly building such mammoth structures, and that they needed the help of extraterrestrials! It will also provide great insight into the construction techniques of a culture whose works still stand, in the arid and unforgiving desert, after 5,000 years.

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