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Re: Adventurer Maps
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:14:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
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> James Simpson wrote:
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> > The scale of human construction is almost unfathomable, though. For one
> > thing, how could they feed such a work-force? It must have taken all of
> > the resources of Egypt, as well as many tribute-states. I'm really not
> > very well-informed about the matter, but I think that by all accounts,
> > the building of the Pyramids is a very mysterious subject.
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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
What about the theory that the blocks are a type of cement? That they were
poured into place? I don't remember who put forth that theory, but it was on
one of the (numerous) shows about the pyramids.
Jeff
P.S. Did you know that Europe/Africa likely had contact with the Americas?
There is a lot of evidence (nicotine in egyptian mummies, a town in the Canary
Islands has the same style construction as Native American towns) to support
this.
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| (...) I don't believe it. Sandstone doesn't form naturally that easily, it needs a lot of pressure. Besides, that would mean that they were poured _nearly into place, and then they removed the pouring case from under it - if they had poured it, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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