Abstract
An entirely new feasible theory is presented about how they constructed, moved, shaped, and erected obelisks in ancient Egypt around 1500 BC. In particular, we propose two simple ways to erect obelisks, inspired by the historical fact that all of obelisks were originally erected “in pairs,” except the single “Lateran” obelisk. Our aim is to “excavate” ancient Egyptian methods to raise heavy high obelisks, using only the most primitive means including forerunners of pulley, but excluding further mechanical devices, like capstan or winch, which were employed in most cases of re-erection and re-location of obelisk outside of Egypt.
Highlights
We present a new theory of how obelisks were constructed, moved, shaped, and erected in ancient Egypt
Our aim is to “excavate” ancient Egyptian methods to raise heavy high obelisks, using only the most primitive means including forerunners of pulley, but excluding further mechanical devices, like capstan or winch, which were employed in most cases of re-erection and re-location of obelisk outside of Egypt
This assumption we already adopted in (Kato, 2020) as a reasonable one to explain the construction of the Great Pyramid and so, we may even be able to adopt more than this, since the time of high obelisk we concern in this article is about 1500BC, a millennium after the Pyramid Age
Summary
We present a new theory of how obelisks were constructed, moved, shaped, and erected in ancient Egypt. What we include in “ancient” mechanical devices is “forerunners of pulley” so that we assume throughout this article that: Forerunners of simple or movable pulley were used with ropes in moving and raising stones This assumption we already adopted in (Kato, 2020) as a reasonable one to explain the construction of the Great Pyramid and so, we may even be able to adopt more than this, since the time of high obelisk we concern in this article is about 1500BC, a millennium after the Pyramid Age. A bit precisely, we might say that the history of the truely high obelisks started when Sesostris I (19711928 BC, the Middle Kingdom) erected obelisks, one of which is 20.7 meters high (weighs about 121 tons) and is still standing in its original position at Heliopolis; see the chronological list of obelisks in (Jansson, 2019). We have utilized the fine report (Negus, 2015) about the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan, and could uncover almost all of myths questioned there
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