Gender: Male. Usage: Gaius, of Latin origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name. People having the name Gaius are in general originating from France, Greece, United Kingdom. Meaning:
Herodotus was told by his Egyptian guides that it took twenty years for a force of 100,000 oppressed slaves to build the pyramid (with another 10 years to build a stone causeway that connected it to a temple in the valley below). Stones were lifted into position by the use of immense machines.
Pyramids and Average Ancient Egyptians. The construction of pyramids in ancient Egypt affected many peoples' lives in their exhaustive construction. First, priests and architects determined the location and came up with the design.Slaves weren't used to build these enormous tombs, but rather average citizens who worked in farming.he Era of Pyramid Construction. The ancient Egyptian civilization lasted for close to 4,000 years and more than 100 separate pyramid construction projects took place. However, the main pyramid-building era lasted for around a millennium, through the Old and Middle kingdoms.