How and who built the pyramids in Egypt?
It was the Egyptians themselves who built the pyramids without the use of massive slave labour as was once thought. The Egyptians made use of the time of year when the farmers could not tend their land due to the anual inundation and each nome or principality would send a contingent of men to work on public works such as monuments and temples and of course the pyramids and if you study early dynastic Egypt, then you can understand that such feats were not past their abilities at all. Limestone is not a hard stone to cut and quarry and can be achieved using the stone, wood and copper tools that were available to the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom. We know that ramps were use to raise the stones to the required levels and were transported in sleds from depictions contemporary to the time. It is even understood how the stone was quarried at the nearby Muqattan Hills and Tura from graffiti left by the workers themselves. The pyramid core including the main chambers was built first then began
