Analysis of resultsResearch question 1:How did the Egyptians transport the blocks to build the pyramids? By Chaoyue ZhaoCarrying heavy blocks from one place to another is not an easy thing to do. There are few possibilities as to how the Egyptians transported the heavy blocks to the construction sites: Shipping The Egyptians had to transport the heavy blocks from the quarries to the construction site and could have used boats to do so. Specially designed boats where they have to connect the boats via a vertical raft and place the heavy blocks on the raft. The rafts had to be fully balanced otherwise the raft would tip over and the block would sink underwater, plus the direction of the wind and waves had to be taken into account. According to statistics, boats can transport up to 70 blocks of stone. Wooden sleds Another possibility is to use wooden sleds to move the blocks from the quarries to the construction site. They placed the blocks on the wooden sleds and a large number of workers pulled the sleds. Recently a new study from the University of Amsterdam states that before the Egyptians pulled sleds they wet the sand and this would make a huge difference to this theory as the hot, dry sand would make any progress very difficult and almost impossible. On the other hand wetting the sand would help reduce friction but if they put too much water the friction would be worse and if they added less than necessary it would not reduce friction or help pull the blocks. Rolls of tracks and ropes: Used when blocks are on the construction site and need to be taken to build the pyramids. The Egyptians created tracks on which to roll the blocks. Two of the workers would be pushed... to the center of the paper... sleds and tracks and rollers. Also there are many theories on how it was built as Peter James stated that the old theory where the ancient Egyptians built it and maneuvered 2.5 million stones and laid one every three minutes is impossible and it would take hundreds of thousands of workers to build it. Instead, he believes that they were built backwards and Jean-Pierre Houdin also agrees with this. Houdin believes that the Egyptians used right-angled spiral ramps to transport the blocks and build the pyramid. There are pyramids all over the world that were built in a time when there was no communication between these people. We believe that the secrets of these mysterious structures will soon be known. Who built them? Why are they distributed all over the world? And what were they for? We look forward to the answers to all these questions.