The Great Pyramid has an estimates 2.3 million 6 ton blocks and was built over a period of 27 years. Just doing the math shows they would have had to place one block every 6 minute.
2,300,000 / 27 = 85,185 blocks a year
85,185 / 365 = 233 blocks a day
233 / 24 = 9.7 blocks an hour, round that to 10.
So 10 blocks an hour or 1 block every 6 minutes for 27 years. Not counting time off for nights and whatnot.
I know they used a lot of people, somewhere in the tens of thousands, but this seems fast. Am I missing something?
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Dedication. An entire empire threw itself into these constructions. Not just the guys setting blocks, but all the artisanal work too.
Tombs for their God Kings, cultural imperative
You’re not really missing anything, it’s an astounding feat for people working with primative tool even though they’re working sandstone. (Several tools they used are still around, I’ve a plumbline somewhere, as well as a string coated in ground-glass (flexible saw))
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