How Ancient Egyptians built the outer casing of the pyramid to fit amazingly to each other?
The outer casing which was usually of pink or white granite that was quarried at Aswan and brought to the site on the Nile’s annual inundation. As this was the only time of year the river was fast enough and in places deep enough, to float such tremendous loads. It was first accurately measured into square slabs. Then cut to the correct size and checked by an official and an overseer, before being taken up the ramp that was in place around the pyramid. Measurements of the area were it was to be placed and the exact size of the slab had to match as exactly as possible. This would mean some adjustments may have often required before it was turned onto its side and laid in its place. It was then the turn of the finishers and stone polishers to file the outer surface level and flat .It would then be polished it to a high shining and lustrous finish. It is said that even in the time of the Greek visitors, the gleam of the granite facing was dazzling in the sun and made the pyramids difficul
