Dear Archae,
You have referenced the Morris book previously. I understand there are errors in the book... and terrible problems with the theory. As for positives on the book... if you remove the whole concrete part, I found it quite interesting all of the architectural problems with the carving theory. And moreover, it makes you say Wow to the precision and the effort involved with building the pyramids. Any thoughts on these aspects of that book? You can say something nice, something new you learned, even if you dislike the theory.

2.3 million blocks, 2.5 tons on average... hundreds of thousands of bigger blocks that are 15 tons or larger. 80-ton granite blocks. The pyramids are truly remarkeable.

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And unrelated to the pyramids...

Here is Hatshepsut's Obelisk... 97 feet tall, 323 tonnes, ~1500BC
[www.touregypt.net]

It is truly remarkeable that at such an early date, people could cut 650k pound pieces of stone out of a mountain and move them around. I've kind of wondered how you cut the underneath side.



Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2007 01:02AM by rich.