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Re: Adventurer Maps
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:59:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
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> Well, Hancock believes that the construction of Cheops would tax even *20th* • century
> technology, much less a culture that existed 15,000 years ago (which is when, • he
> believes, all of the stuff at Giza was begun). For example, there are only 2 • cranes
> in the world even capable of lifting the tonnage in one block of stone from • Cheops.
> You must read his books because to say that the building of the Pyramids is a • very
> mysterious subject is putting it mildly;-)
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> -John
Ramps? Lots of people with nothing to do after all the crops are harvested?
What's so mysterious about that? Tremendous organization was required, but the
ancient Egyptians were great organizers. Not that even their economy could
sustain that kind of construction forever, but these were clever people. Give
'em their due.
Just give us LOTS of tan bricks! :-)
Bruce
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| (...) Well, Hancock believes that the construction of Cheops would tax even *20th* century technology, much less a culture that existed 15,000 years ago (which is when, he believes, all of the stuff at Giza was begun). For example, there are only 2 (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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