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Pyramid Alternatives Alternative One Chariots of the Gods, Erich Von Daniken, 1968 • Experts estimate the number of inhabitants on earth at the time of the building of great pyramids at 50,000,000 , meaning there would have been too few men living in Egypt to build it successfully • Could all the workers lived on the field of agriculture in the Nile delta? Unlikely • In order to import wood there must have been a sizeable fleet to move up the river • How were supplies transported from the Nile to pyramid site? Ropes not invented yet • Why was that specific spot choose so far away from the Nile, their life line? • The site was choose by pharaoh • It is questionable that the builder came up with the dimensions of a perfect pyramid by chance. • Ropes and rollers did not exist at that time in history • If no grain was present what did the workers live on, and where did they live? • “Heave ho” method impossible due to lack of technology • Unrealistic that a pyramid was bu