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May 17, 2024, 4:05 pm UTC    
April 04, 2007 03:09PM
Ritva Kurittu Wrote:
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> HI,
>
> > > But as I said, maybe it is
> > > obvious to everybody else. Like I said,
> me
> > and the
> > > construction of the pyramids....
> >
> > Don't sweat it. Not many really do
> (otherwise
> > Houdin wouldn't get quite so much
> > publicity...lol)
>
>
> I was under the impression, that there arw those
> who do understand the construction and yet look
> rather favourably on Houdin's theory.


They are very culturally oriented. There aren't many who really delve heavily into the physical aspects. I'll bet Dieter Arnold would tear the internal ramps apart. If not, then I'd be very, very disappointed and shocked.

I see where Dr. Peter Brand (who is in Egypt right now) has walloped Houdin a good one in his recent EEF posting. Granted, he's in favor of either the spiral or the zig-zag ramp theories in general, but he minced no words when it came to the logical destruction of Houdin's hypothesis.



> > > But tombs are not what they were, as any
> real
> > Egyptologist will tell you. And I know you
> know
> > that, too.
>
>
> So you don't count Stadleman and Brier (to mention
> two) as "real Egyptologists"?


Fneh?

I said any real Egyptologist will tell you that pyramids were not just "tombs".


> They know ancient
> Egypt and they (or at least Stadelman) know the
> GP, and yet they are favourably interested in
> Houdin's work.

I think they're interested in it. I don't see a lot of definitive "he's got it, by George!" statements coming out of either of them. Even Brier's article in Archaeology has major caveats. One is the title itself "How to Build A Pyramid"... not "How Khufu's Pyramid was Built". The other comes after his reference to the straight or spiral ramp theories:

Quote

Modern scholars have favored these two original theories, but deep in their hearts, they know that neither one is correct. A radical new one, however, may provide the solution. If correct, it would demonstrate a level of planning by Egyptian architects and engineers far greater than anything ever imagined before.

"If correct" it "may provide".... Writing about it, and endorsing it, are two very different things.


> Not to talk about the two
> unmentioned (and more impressive in this context
> than Stadelman and Brier together), whose identity
> most of us know by now.
>


Yes... those two. I think we're talking about the same two...

Of course, one of "those two" also said the pyramid of Khufu was made of only 750,000 blocks. Simple math says that means the average block weighed 7 tons or more. After the first course, there isn't a single block that big in the entire visible core masonry of the entire pyramid. Take it for what it's worth...

Anthony

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
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More on Houdin's pyramid theory

Katherine Reece April 03, 2007 11:38AM

Reposting an image of Jon's

Katherine Reece April 03, 2007 12:08PM

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Warwick L Nixon April 03, 2007 12:15PM

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Katherine Reece April 03, 2007 12:21PM

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Warwick L Nixon April 03, 2007 12:32PM

Re: Reposting an image of Jon's

Greg Reeder April 03, 2007 12:41PM

Re: Reposting an image of Jon's

C Wayne Taylor April 08, 2007 01:50PM

Re: Reposting an image of Jon's

cladking April 07, 2007 08:56PM

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Anthony April 10, 2007 09:14AM

More photos

Jon_B April 03, 2007 03:48PM

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RLH April 04, 2007 05:56PM

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Anthony April 04, 2007 06:05PM

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RLH April 05, 2007 05:42PM

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Anthony April 05, 2007 07:21PM

Re: More on Houdin's pyramid theory

Anthony April 03, 2007 12:56PM

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Ronald April 05, 2007 09:49AM

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Anthony April 05, 2007 10:02AM

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Ronald April 05, 2007 04:48PM

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Anthony April 05, 2007 07:23PM

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Don Barone May 13, 2007 06:47PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 03, 2007 02:36PM

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Warwick L Nixon April 04, 2007 08:56AM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 11:03AM

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Katherine Reece April 04, 2007 11:40AM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 11:50AM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 02:13PM

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Anthony April 04, 2007 02:17PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 02:20PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 02:29PM

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Katherine Reece April 04, 2007 02:27PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 02:29PM

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Anthony April 04, 2007 02:37PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 02:44PM

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Anthony April 04, 2007 02:45PM

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Katherine Reece April 04, 2007 02:47PM

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Katherine Reece April 04, 2007 02:48PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 03:02PM

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Katherine Reece April 04, 2007 03:07PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 04:09PM

Bits and bobs

Anthony April 04, 2007 02:32PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 02:37PM

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Anthony April 04, 2007 02:43PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 04, 2007 02:53PM

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Anthony April 04, 2007 03:09PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 06, 2007 03:44AM

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Ronald April 06, 2007 09:41AM

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Anthony April 06, 2007 09:51AM

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Ronald April 06, 2007 10:12AM

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Anthony April 06, 2007 12:04PM

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Ronald April 06, 2007 09:03AM

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Ritva Kurittu April 06, 2007 10:24AM

Exactamundo! nt

Katherine Reece April 06, 2007 11:51AM

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Warwick L Nixon April 06, 2007 12:19PM

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Ronald April 06, 2007 04:59PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 07, 2007 11:43AM

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Warwick L Nixon April 07, 2007 12:04PM

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Ritva Kurittu April 07, 2007 12:10PM

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Warwick L Nixon April 07, 2007 12:17PM

Referencing the patterns...

Jammer April 04, 2007 02:59PM

Radar Image - Houdin Overlay

C Wayne Taylor April 05, 2007 10:17AM

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Anthony April 05, 2007 10:21AM

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Ritva Kurittu April 06, 2007 03:47AM

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C Wayne Taylor April 06, 2007 08:05AM

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Ritva Kurittu April 06, 2007 10:19AM

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C Wayne Taylor April 06, 2007 11:10AM

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Ritva Kurittu April 06, 2007 11:19AM

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