The stones were dragged up a ramp to the Pyramid site which was about 100 feet from the river. To move the stone blocks was the work of up to forty men. .
Social organization was a key factor in creating such a grand monument. Imhotep was the man that brought forth this sense of organization. He assembled one workforce to quarry the limestone, another to haul the two and half ton stones to the site, and one more to carve the blocks and put them in place. Just to move one block took the work of forty men. The daily life of the workers constructing the pyramids was one of immense toil spanning over a long period of time. The quarrymen toiled away with soft copper chisels that hardly made a dent in the limestone. Another team dug a network of canals to transport the stones and food for the workers. Finally, another team of workers would haul the massive blocks on wooden sleds and put them into position. The Greek historian Herodotus claimed in 500 B.C. that 100,000 people built the pyramids, and yet modern Egyptologists believe the figure to be much less than 100,000. The number of workers is estimated to be around 30,000 to 40,000 workers. Based on the size of the settlement and the whole work of an area founded, it is believed that the permanent and temporary workmen that worked at building the pyramid was numbered to be around 36,000 men and women who worked for about thirty-five years to construct this monument. The great social organization that kept the pyramid having steady construction progress became the force that knit the country together. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass tells us, "You see, as I said, all Egyptians "men and women "helped to build the pyramids."" .
The hieroglyphs on the stone of the pyramid are interesting to many researchers and Egyptologists. In some hieroglyphs, there are pictures of Egyptians using simple levers and ramps to lift and move large stones.