Build the Pyramid

[billy rubin]

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https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64514781/ancient-pyramid-hydraulic-system-discovery/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the seven monumental pyramids and potentially constructed about 4,500 years ago—offers a remarkable blueprint for hydraulic engineering.

The hydraulic-powered mechanism could have maneuvered the oversized stone blocks forming the pyramid, starting from the ground up. The research team says the Step Pyramid's internal architecture is consistent with a hydraulic elevation mechanism, something that's never been reported before at that place or in that time.
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By lifting the stones from the interior of the pyramid in what the authors call a "volcano fashion," the water pressure from the hydraulic system could have pushed the blocks into place. If proved out, this research shows the Egyptians had a powerful understanding of advanced hydraulic systems well before modern scholars believed they did. That begs the question: Was this the first major use of the system, or had it been in play previously?

[Old Seer]

I understand the theory but I would need some schematics to see a working process. Hydrolics can go from  a simple to a highly complex process. A water wheel is an application of hydrolics, exactitude's aren't necessary for it to work or be efficient. On the other side I use a wood splitter, 27 ton, or 54,000 pounds of push. A small opening (leak by)  in the cylinder would render the works useless.

Water at the bottom of the pyramid would be at a high pressure, and the higher the lift the less pressure is at level. At a certain height the pressure wouldn't be enough to move the block. From what I can make of it this isn't a viable idea.  

From my insights they'll do more work setting up this system then it would take to build the pyramid by conventional means. The engineering doesn't work out. To get water to the worksite from a lake, the lake would have to be at an higher altitude than the pyramid.  Then the water transfer system would  (somehow)  have to be higher than the pyramid by a good measure. Sea water at 100 ft. depth is 300 psi and the pyramid is 300 ft' high that's almost an insurmountable problem. The water would leak out between the blocks. The higher the pyramid gets the less the pressure at height. One might need a 900 ft. water tower, that pressure would be able to destroy the upper parts of the works. 

[Tank]

Interesting.