Silly question about The Great Pyramid?

Question

When I look at the cross-section of its internal structure, everything seems geared toward The Grand Galllery.
The jagged tunnel that runs down to the subterranean level from the bottom of The Grand Gallery doesn't appear to be the generaly accepted version of "a means of escape for workers".
To me, it seems to imply that water was involved.
As a mechanical system, the entire layout of the internal structure yells that water was drawn up into the gallery by some means using the kings chamber to house some type of machine to pull a piston up through the gallery and the queens chamber being a way to operate a "check valve" of sorts.

The wall surrounding the pyramid does seem to say that water was involved.

Is this crazy or are there enough indications that,maybe the pyramid overall was not designed to be a water pumping machine per say, but that it possibly did pump water for whatever purpose. Be that maybe even just for show...a display of engineering prowess?

Answer 1

There's not really much doubt that the great pyramids were about water. They are built right on top of existing water catchment devices that the builders called "SsM't" or "sacred apron". Water was actually caught and channeled to the cliff face on G1. While there is some evidence for a piston in the so-called grand gallery it is not strong evidence. Water may have been lifted here but it was likely done by more primitive means such as a series of 13 shadufs aligned in the 27 slots in the grand gallery.



All the evidence points to water as the means to build and suggests hydraulic reasons to build.



Ramps are debunked.

Answer 2

So where is the evidence that a piston existed? It should still be within the pyramid as it would be too larger to move out through the tunnels. In other words they would have had to build the pyramid around such a piston. Next you would see evidence that such a piston (if it were to have existed) in operation would leave verticle marks on the walls.



These would be a few of many other reasons why the pyramid would not have been used for pumping water.

Answer 3

It leaks. You couldn't use it to pump water - no mechanism - no purpose.

You are looking at a drawing and you have no idea of the scale of what would be needed to make that piston - go find a modern building and look in the elevator shaft if you can (or see an adventure movie with them fighting in such a real shaft) and then make a convincing argument that the purpose of the elevator cab was to pull water up in the building through the shaft.

Besides, the height of the chambers you mention is so much more than the maximum of 33 feet that water can be sucked from water, that such a scheme violates physics (if not magic.)

Answer 4

i dont feel that there was water involved and im not shure but i think the egyptions have had the archimeties screw but i think that the egiptions didnt realy care about there workers enoughf to build an emergancy exit.