The Incline Theory is the quickest method to build a pyramid

There are many problems with all the old pyramid building theories which involve a system of ramps, including the negotiation of tight corners, and a lack of stability. Using the structure of the pyramid itself would have avoided most of these problems. Although the angle of the pyramid is steep at 52-degrees, recent experiments in block hauling at Karnak have shown that it would take less men than previously assumed to move a lubricated 2-ton block on a sled. The engineer James Frederick Edwards calculated that only 50 people would be needed to exert the force of 2 ½ tons needed to pull one of the blocks up the steep pyramid face. ^[1] Several engineers have noted this elegantly simple solution would have been quicker than most of the extremely complex ramp-based models. The hauling of blocks up the incline of the pyramid would have taken as little as 3 minutes. Many other models would have taken hours per block. According to this model, the Great Pyramid could have been completed during Cheops’ reign. Another variation on this same model posits that some of the workers hauling the blocks could have stood on the opposite face, using the incline to create additional force and move blocks even faster.^[2] The incline model is the simplest and fastest explanation as to how the pyramids could have been built.

[P1] 50 strong men can easily haul a block up the pyramid’s face without the need for ramps [P2] This is the quickest method of construction, and the Great pyramid could have been completed during Cheops’ reign [C] The Egyptians probably used the pyramid’s face to haul the blocks