# A single straight ramp from the quarry side, lengthened and raised as the pyramid grew.

> Still possible: A single straight ramp from the quarry side, lengthened and raised as the pyramid grew.

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# A single straight ramp from the quarry side, lengthened and raised as the pyramid grew.

A single straight ramp from the quarry side, lengthened and raised as the pyramid grew.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: two pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Foundations or debris of a very large ramp on the south side of the pyramid, over the quarry.
- A ramp volume approaching the pyramid's own for the upper courses, or a switch of method near the top.

## What would rule it out

- Excavation of the south and west approaches showing no ramp foundations and undisturbed Old Kingdom surfaces.

## Evidence 2 for · 1 against

[Straight ramp remains survive at Meidum and Sinki.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNWQ60PW1/straight-ramp-remains-survive-at-meidum-and-sinki)

Supported

FOR

[The core quarry lies 300 m south of the pyramid, on the line a straight ramp would take.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNWFC353M/the-core-quarry-lies-300-m-south-of-the-pyramid-on-the-line)

Established

FOR

[No ramp remains have been found at the Great Pyramid.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/evidence/EVD0CSMNWZ075NQ/no-ramp-remains-have-been-found-at-the-great-pyramid)

Established

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[How were the blocks raised onto the pyramid?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid/questions/QST0CSMNV0G4ZBV/how-were-the-blocks-raised-onto-the-pyramid)

Most likelyShorter, steeper ramps were used with post-and-rope haulage of the kind excavated at Hatnub, combined with…

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