Menkaure reigned around 2530 BC and claimed the last of the tombs constructed in Giza for himself. What the researchers will find here in the coming years remains to be seen.
Transporting the building material
Archaeologists are convinced that they have finally found the answer to how the pyramids were built. Fascinating evidence has been discovered that only allows for one conclusion.
Around 2600 BC, the Egyptians had to transport limestone and granite blocks weighing up to 2.5 tons over distances of up to 800 kilometers. This was the only way to build the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Thousands of skilled workers
Detailed archaeological evidence, according to Mehdi Tayoubi and his colleagues, shows that thousands of skilled workers transported 170,000 tons of limestone on wooden boats along the Nile.