Who Build the Great Pyramid and How? Alternative 3 The question of who built the great pyramid, and how, has long been debated by Egyptologists and historians. There are many theories about how the pyramid was built. Some are very unbelievable and others are very possible. How could people move more than 2,300,000 limestone and granite blocks into place on the Great Pyramid each with an average weight of about 2.3 metric tons (2.5 tons). This brought about the …showed first 75 words of 994 total…

…showed last 75 words of 994 total…as he was also called, this was not so. About 4,000-100,000 free citizens of Egypt drafted for public work built the pyramid. The men were divided up into gangs of laborers and masons. In conclusion I would have to agree with Mark Lehner’s theory, it is the most plausible and it has been tested to prove that it is an quick efficient method where when scaled it makes the estimated 23 year building period possible.