Pyramid of Pyramids
By the 1970s, an Egyptologist named Miroslav Verner had proposed another theory, one that would earn him widespread respect and renown. According to Verner, the pyramids required about 100,000 individuals who had to be organized in a rigid structure. Verner argued that the laborers were split according to their skills, implying that the pyramids were built by a pyramid of people. Slaves were at the base of the pyramid, doing the hard, manual labor, while the pharaohs were at the top, issuing instructions.
Pyramid Of Pyramids
John Romer
One of Verner’s contemporaries, John Romer, supported his theory that the pyramids were built according to exact designs. Romer agreed with Verner that the project was meticulously planned before building began, and that it may have had a life-sized layout. “Such a working diagram would also serve to generate the architecture of the pyramid with precision unmatched by any other means,” Romer said of the plan. He also predicted that the architects would have spent about 15 years developing this idea. Verner and Romer had made enormous strides in their study, but it would all be insignificant in comparison to what was to follow.
John Romer
