Evan Hadingham

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one that still stands. With its massive size, mathematical precision, and remarkable durability, it has inspired a great number of extraterrestrial or supernatural explanations. It seems inconceivable to many that a society as technologically primitive as ancient Egypt could have constructed a monument that would be such an extremely difficult project even today. Some scientists dispute this view, arguing that there is strong evidence that the ancient Egyptians did, in fact, have the necessary knowledge and equipment to build the Great Pyramid.

In this article, archaeologist Evan Hadingham, who has written several books on ancient civilizations and their monuments, reviews contemporary scholarship in an effort to explain how the Great Pyramid could have...