November 08, 2007 06:09PM
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Anthony Wrote:
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> That's probably about a 75% number. Most
> acknowledge that current models (ramps, etc) have
> some serious technical problems. However, if
> there was another method used, it appears to not
> have been a major cultural influence (or else
> there would be more evidence of its use and impact
> on the culture) and therefore it is simply not an
> important question.
>
Perhaps as an outsider I have an entirely different perspective on the issue but it appears to me that there is very little surviving evidence from before the first intermediate period. A great deal of this evidence consists of grave goods, inscriptions from tombs, religious artifacts, and like material. While other evidence is indeed largely consistent with this it still seems that we might be getting a largely one sided view of the Egyptians and how they lived.
It seems that understanding the technology (even if it can't be duplicated) could be central to understanding the culture. Even if it's mostly irrelevant as you seem to imply, then it's still crucial to understanding their artefacts which is central to understanding why we have today what we do.
No matter how they accomplished their ends, I don't believe we'll understand them until we understand their technology as well as their culture. Culture is always as much an effect of knowledge as a cause.
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