November 10, 2007 01:22PM
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"So what was it in their pantheon / societal / Ma’at order of beliefs that encouraged them not to cross pollinate technology? "
imo there was no reason for them NOT to employ any specific technology..
and EVERY reason for them to employ precisely the technology that they did. In the words of the Cable Guy,their aim was to "Gedderdun!"
even a basic application of the wheel..such as a Block and Tackle for clear lifting would have been severely restricted by the stength of the rope availabe. Hardly useful for moving blocks .
Push/pull/lever/grunt and groan. Of course, a degree of ramping had to have been employed, though not 'the almost as big as the pyramids themselves' type that some have proposed...but that's another discusssion
warwick
" I have always found that the main obstacle to free
association on these boards is the broad
misconception that what we do not know is more
significant than what we do know."
Warwick L Nixon, March 8, 2019
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