Pointing out stories you may have missed. Internal ramps were the secret behind the construction of Egypt's Great Pyramid, says a French architect. Jean-Pierre Houdin said the 4500-year-old pyramid, just outside Cairo, was built using an inner ramp to lift the massive stones into place.Other theories contend that the three million stones - each 2.5 tons - were pushed into place using external ramps. Houdin studied the problem for eight years and used a computer model to illustrate how he thought it was done. ``This is better than the other theories, because it is the only theory that works,'' said Houdin as he unveiled his theory with a three-dimensional computer simulation.
He believes workers used an outer ramp to build the first 43 metres (47 yards) then constructed an inner ramp to carry stones to the apex of the 137m pyramid.
News source: BBC.com
FOOTNOTE: Is this another classic BBC hoax, along the lines of the April Fool classic about ``spaghetti trees?'' I know the story has been reported on several websites, but the guy's name is Houdin - very close to Houdini! Is it a case of someone being a clever geezer/ Giza? Watch this space.
