Here’s a really GREAT article about how the huge stones for the pyramids were transported to the building sites. (And no, it wasn’t aliens)
https://claudemariottini.com/2017/09/25/how-the-pyramid-of-giza-was-built/
Maybe they didnt transport the large blocks of stone but instead built the pyramid down there then moved it to its spot. This would make building it easier and only invest moving the stones a single time.
The papyri don’t tell how the 60+ ton stones were moved, merely the exterior casing blocks, and not surprisingly, they were moved by water. The 60+ ton stones were also moved by water, just not by Merer and the boys/buoys.
A couple thousand years later the Romans were filching 300+ ton obelisks from Egypt, and moving them all the way to Rome, by boat, in one piece. That’s more remarkable to me than what the Egyptians did. I’d be surprised if there isn’t one or more still lashed in a sunken ship, laying on the bottom of the Med.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3009029/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3342358/posts