Pyramid was built from the inside out?

So far scientists have wondered how the Egyptians could put about 3 million stones, averaging 2.5 tons per platform to build the Great Pyramid of Cheops (aka Khufu).

The conjecture hypothesis that the pharaoh Khufu's great pyramid was built on a large pedestal in the front, or a spiraling platform on the outside to bring the stones up.

The secret for 4,500 years seems to have been discovered after the French architect Jean-Pierre Houdin said that the pyramid was built inside and out. By modern 3D shooting techniques, architect Houdin demonstrates that the support system to bring large rocks up to the top 10 to 10 m deep inside the pyramid means that there is a small pyramid inside the pyramid. more, while the external support system is only used to build a high base of about 40m initially. Houdin said that 'this hypothesis is more reasonable than other hypotheses because it is the only feasible solution'.

To prove their plan, Houdin has teamed up with Dassault Systèmes to design 3D models for cars, airplanes and work together for two years to create this simulator model.

A 3D model published by Dassault Systemes and Houdin Company (Photo: Reuters)

According to Houdin, the use of a large platform in the front will cost an equal amount of stone to build the pyramid, and when built to the top of the tower will be very steep for construction. Meanwhile, the spiral-shaped platform will block the vision needed to build an accurate pyramid and difficult to assemble the surface, limiting construction space.

In addition, 'the characteristic of Egypt is always towards perfection and economy. Now we are talking about sustainable development but it is the Egyptians who initiated it. They don't waste even a stone ' - Houdin said.

With this technique, according to Houdin, less than 4,000 people will be needed to build the pyramid rather than the previous historian's guess that more than 100,000 people are needed. Currently the Egyptian antiquities council is still considering Houdin's hypothesis.

THANH TUAN