To clarify your claim, it is still widely held by egyptologists that copper was the tool of choice:
"Most Egyptologists think the pyramids were built with limestone blocks that were cut to shape in nearby quarries using copper tools. The blocks were then hauled to the pyramid sites, lifted up ramps and hoisted into place with the help of wedges and levers."
Then again, they also still widely hold that all the blocks were quarried and lifted in to place.
Millions of blocks. But only found a couple chisels? I think they would need to find THOUSANDS to have any credible evidence. Like the thousands of pieces of pottery (that could have been used to carry water when mixing the "cement").
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Sigh... and don't tell me you just picked some random selected examples, this is
To clarify your claim, it is still widely held by egyptologists that copper was the tool of choice:
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"Most Egyptologists think the pyramids were built with limestone blocks that were cut to shape in nearby quarries using copper tools. The blocks were then hauled to the pyramid sites, lifted up ramps and hoisted into place with the help of wedges and levers."
Then again, they also still widely hold that all the blocks were quarried and lifted in to place.
So what can you do?
Millions of blocks. But only found a couple chisels? I think they would need to find THOUSANDS to have any credible evidence. Like the thousands of pieces of pottery (that could have been used to carry water when mixing the "cement").