# The Great Pyramid might have been riverfront property?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 26, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377 "2017-09-26T21:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377/1 "2017-09-26T21:03:24Z")
According to [this](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ancient-mystery-of-how-the-egyptians-built-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-may-be-solved/ar-AAsuRrA?li=BBnb7Kz) article, the latest theory on how the Ancient Egyptians got the rocks needed to build the pyramids is…boats. That is, the Egyptians carved tributaries into the Nile, and then transported heavy stones by watercraft. > [@](#): > > Archaeologists discovered that thousands of trained workers used boats to navigate canals dug along the River Nile for the purposes of transporting limestone. > > The boats were held together by thick, twisted ropes, some of which have survived and were found in good condition. > > After collecting the materials, workers would bring them to an inland port **a few meters from the base of the pyramid**. In total, some 2.3 million blocks of stone were shipped across the land over the course of two decades. (My bold) ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377/2 "2017-09-26T21:46:10Z")
Pyramid geysers confirmed! Wake up, sheeple!!1! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377/3 "2017-09-26T22:20:18Z")
[Here is a picture](http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/nile-river2.htm) of the Nile pretty close to the Great Pyramid. It is possible that the Nile wandered around, but I haven’t found any evidence for this. But they are close to the Nile, and a canal from it to the site would be certainly possible. It is hard to tell now since Cairo is so built up. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377/4 "2017-09-26T23:35:45Z")
could they of done it when the nile flooded every year and just stopped when it dried up ? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377/5 "2017-09-27T03:44:40Z")
I’ve known for many years that the ancient Egyptians brought stone for their projects down the Nile on boats. Cite: I learned it [here](http://www.kelvi.net/books/comics/index.php?album=Asterix%2F04-+Asterix+and+Cleopatra&image=Asterix+-04-+Asterix+and+Cleopatra+-+14.jpg) and [here](http://www.kelvi.net/books/comics/index.php?album=Asterix%2F04-+Asterix+and+Cleopatra&image=Asterix+-04-+Asterix+and+Cleopatra+-+15.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-pyramid-might-have-been-riverfront-property/797377/6 "2017-09-27T10:26:10Z")
Everybody knows they used ships to build the Pyramids. Spaceships, lent by the alien vistors. I saw it on the History Channel, and history means things that actually happened.