Hans Wrote:
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> Nemtinakht Wrote:
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> -----
> > Hans Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Nemtinakht Wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > You claim with "authority" that
> the
> > pyramids
> > > were
> > > > not built using ramps. How exactly
> can
> > you
> > > type
> > > > this with a straight face? You
> claim
> > there is
> > > no
> > > > evidence for ramps. But there is
> far
> > more
> > > evidence
> > > > for ramps than there is for geysers
> and
> > > > funiculars. The remains of ramps
> have
> > been
> > > > excavated. They may not be fully
> intact
> > or
> > > point
> > > > to exactly where Cladking would
> expect
> > them
> > > to,
> > > > but this is a flaw in your own
> logic,
> > not in
> > > > Egyptologys. On the other hand,
> there
> > have
> > > been a
> > > > grand total of ZERO geysers or the
> > remains
> > > of
> > > > linear funiculars excavated
> anywhere
> > near
> > > Giza.
> > > > This is a FACT no matter how you
> attempt
> > to
> > > spin
> > > > it.
> > > >
> > > > Keep in mind that Giza was an
> active
> > > necropolis
> > > > during the Fourth Dynasty. Any
> external
> > > ramps
> > > > would have been disassembled. Some
> of
> > the
> > > > materials were likely used to build
> the
> > very
> > > > probable internal ramp. While the
> rest
> > were
> > > > removed far from the pyramids
> > themselves. To
> > > > expect that any external ramps
> would be
> > > fully
> > > > intact and resting against the side
> of
> > the
> > > > pyramids after 4500 years defies
> all
> > logic
> > > and
> > > > reason.
> > > >
> > > > The word ramp is attested from the
> Old
> > > Kingdom. If
> > > > you refuse to believe this than
> your
> > problem
> > > is
> > > > with James Allen, the world's
> foremost
> > > authority
> > > > on the Egyptian language. I highly
> doubt
> > that
> > > you
> > > > Cladking understand the language
> more
> > than
> > > he
> > > > does.
> > >
> > >
> > > To cover himself he now trying to claim
> they
> > both
> > > existed and didn't exist. This is due to
> his
> > > superior knowledge of
> metaphysics.....lol
> > >
> >
> > Indeed. Little does he realize that he is
> only
> > digging himself deeper into a pit.
> >
> Its amusing that he seems to have forgotten - I
> told him several times - that I studied his
> character Cladking for just over a year and have
> 300 pages of notes for a section of a book I'll
> write in the near future.That include links to his
> most amusing mis-statements and outright
> whoppers.
>
>

Now THAT is a book I am looking forward to reading. And I'm not usually one for fiction. Though I do enjoy historical fiction (which you write) when I have the time.