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Wow, sir.
King Tuts knife is basically not from Earth.
Given how the pyramids still defy modern understanding, its not so easy to write away as a meteor.they find a meteor that has crashed. Use the materials from the meteor to make the weapon and believe said meteor is a gift from god
simple really
Unfortunately not...Everyone's got fingerprints of the gods, yeah?
1. There were many huge constructions built purely by manual labour - in the 6th century BC Darius built a canal between the Nile and the Bitter Lakes (a fore-runner to the Suez Canal) - it was 100ft wide, 30 ft deep and 35 miles long. That is an amazing amount of earth and rock to be shifted. If you have enough workers (not all were slaves), lots can be built, moved or whatever. Have a look at ship-breaking operations on the coasts of Pakistan and India, where workers manhandle old ocean liners and oil tankers just using ropes as a modern example.I find the pyramids fascinating, particularly when you consider how otherworldy they must have looked when covered in gleaming limestone as originally constructed. I visited them once, although it was a week after the revolution in 2011 so it was a slightly weird vibe.
May I ask, if you had to summarise briefly the mysteries of the pyramids - and why people are baffled to the point of wondering if aliens were involved - what would you say?
My understanding is that the mysteries fall broadly into three categories:
1) The sheer scale of the construction required - how the hell did they move all that rubble and get those massive stones in place? Sceptics respond by saying that anything is possible if you're willing to have thousands of slaves die.
2) The accuracy and refinement of the construction/engineering, down to the perfect straightness and alignment of the external and internal structures. At the very least, the Egyptians were using more sophisticated methods and techniques than anything else available in that period.
3) The dimensions and the way they supposedly reflect the dimensions of the planet, as well as the alignment with truth north.
Is that the basic outline of these mysteries? How would you expand further on those points?
So there are no mysteries about their construction?1. There were many huge constructions built purely by manual labour - in the 6th century BC Darius built a canal between the Nile and the Bitter Lakes (a fore-runner to the Suez Canal) - it was 100ft wide, 30 ft deep and 35 miles long. That is an amazing amount of earth and rock to be shifted. If you have enough workers (not all were slaves), lots can be built, moved or whatever. Have a look at ship-breaking operations on the coasts of Pakistan and India, where workers manhandle old ocean liners and oil tankers just using ropes as a modern example.
2. Quite a few old constructions were perfectly aligned with solar and stellar points of reference - Newgrange and Stonehenge in the UK for example. An article I found reads ' A recent study by astronomy historian Michael Horkin involved cataloging 2000 Neolithic tombs and researching over 1000 others in France, Portugal, Spain, and North Africa. His paper, presented to the Royal Astronomical Society in England, points out that thousands of Neolithic structures erected prior to 1000 BC were apparently built to face the sun or key constellations'. The pyramids are one of those. Astronomical knowledge was one of the first observational sciences studied - it's repeatable, measurements can be made at any time, and the observational basis of it is mathematically consistent.
3. There have been hundreds of units of measurements invented and used by societies over the centuries. If you take some of these, multiply by the square root of your Grandmother's birthday in Sumerian - hey, look! - that's almost the same number as the years it takes the orbit of Venus to re-align with that of Earth. (And if you can't find a measurement that suits your particular theory, invent one - look up the 'Pyramid Inch' for example).
The pyramids are fantastic historical monuments. They stand in their own right. They don't need people inventing 'mysteries' to make them significant.
So there are no mysteries about their construction?
My speculation during high school was that the pyramid was a landmark built for others to see as the consistory were lost and stranded. Think of yourself lost on an island and you can’t fix your ship. You build something big by enslaving the local population to others can see you.
This is going to sound ridiculous at first but I'd love it if they fixed/renovated the great pyramids back to pristine condition. As long as it's done the right way. Sort of like a software update.
The Egyptians were keeping the casing stones as DLC this whole time.This is going to sound ridiculous at first but I'd love it if they fixed/renovated the great pyramids back to pristine condition. As long as it's done the right way. Sort of like a software update.