10 feet wide ramps were built around the pyramid made out of mud bricks and coated with chips of plaster to strengthen and harden the ramp, of course the positioning is under must debate, but there is evidence for this. “An aerial view of layer step pyramid Sinki (at Abydos shows the construction ramps on the 4 sides of the unfinished monument. They were starting from the desert surface over the foundation of the outer facing (layer 3) and leaning on the nucleus (layers 2, 1, and the core).” The teams of laborers and oxen would pull it up the ramps to it’s position. And place it on it’s target. If they were erecting a true pyramid and not a step pyramid, they would repeat the process with smooth, sloped limestone
10 feet wide ramps were built around the pyramid made out of mud bricks and coated with chips of plaster to strengthen and harden the ramp, of course the positioning is under must debate, but there is evidence for this. “An aerial view of layer step pyramid Sinki (at Abydos shows the construction ramps on the 4 sides of the unfinished monument. They were starting from the desert surface over the foundation of the outer facing (layer 3) and leaning on the nucleus (layers 2, 1, and the core).” The teams of laborers and oxen would pull it up the ramps to it’s position. And place it on it’s target. If they were erecting a true pyramid and not a step pyramid, they would repeat the process with smooth, sloped limestone