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about twenty to move a 2.5 ton block, many more for the larger blocks.

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dragging a sledge carrying a block weighing 2.5 tons would take twenty people

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it took 20 to 40 people

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How many pounds did the pyramid blocks weigh?

the average pyramid block weighs about 5,600lbs


How many men did it take to build a pyramid?

It's 100,000 people.


Why did they need so many people to build a pyramid?

First, many, many people had to cut into the rock formations, and cut huge perfect stones to pile up for the pyramids. Second, each of thousands of stones had to be moved from the rock quarry all the way to the pyramid location. It took many people to build the wood structures needed to start building the halls and rooms that would be deep inside the pyramid. If getting the stones to the pyramid took many people, then raising the stones and piling them atop each other was major. The stones were so terribly heavy that it took a bunch of manpower to raise them and position them. So it would not take many decades to finish the pyramid, many work parties were formed to haul, raise, and lay the stones. To get the pyramid finished before the Pharoah died and would be buried in the pyramid, many, many thousands of people had to work together.


How many people did it take to build a pyramids?

Depends on the size. According to the greek historian Herodotus it took 100,000 naked slaves twenty years to build the Great Pyramid at Gizeh. More modern scholars estimate a much lower figure varying from 10,000 to 30,000.


What does the social pyramid show about Egypt's social classes?

it was to show how important people were Also it was mostly about what jobs they had in Egypt's daily life. the pharaoh was at the top of the social pyramid. Peasant farmers were at the bottom part of the social pyramid. The rich looked down upon the bottom.

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How many pounds did the pyramid blocks weigh?

the average pyramid block weighs about 5,600lbs


How many people were used to build El Castillo?

I think about many thousands did many slaves did not the higher form of people like priests . The slaves had to carry heavy loads on their backs and build it in the beautiful form a step pyramid is made into


How many people were used to drag a pyramid stone into place?

An average block used on the Great Pyramid is 2.5 tons which is estimated to have needed a gang of about twenty. Some blocks weighed up to 70 tonnes so you are talking about a gang of 500 men


How many people built Khafre's pyramid?

About 6,000 to 10,000 people.


How many people made the pyramid?

about 100,000 slaves


How many people did it take to build Tutankhamum's pyramid?

None he did not have a pyramid he was buried in a tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the kings


How many people did it take to build the pyramid of djoser?

Thousands.


How many people are there in the pyramid?

1 or 2 probaly 3


How many people made the Great Pyramid?

about 100,000 slaves


How many men did it take to drag a limestone block from the quarry to the egytpian pyramid?

it has been estimated that it took a gang of twenty men


How many people can a big helicopter carry?

Some can carry over 90 people.


How many people did it take to make a pyramid?

depends on size. maybe 3 people.