November 09, 2007 07:32AM
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imho to understand their technology you MUST first try and get your head around their culture.
May I recommend the simple wheel? They were exposed to it in the Middle East, and adopted it for their chariots. But there is no evidence it dramatically influenced their building and construction approach.
If one can envision & build a chariot one can certainly envision & build a wheelbarrow. Why did they so strongly stick with the old ways?
Is it remotely possible it was ordained in Ma'at that the Pharaoh ruled, the Priests interceded, the Scribes recorded, and the common workers carried baskets of fill? To use a labor saving device that would speed up the process and put perhaps half the workforce out of work MAY have been as alien to the AE as striving for full employment over profits is to us today.
Perhaps I overstate, after all I am merely an amateur here. But without struggling for insight into their concept of "who we are", I am not sure you can begin to grasp "how and why we do".
Jammer
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