Holger Isenberg Wrote:
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> Kanga Wrote:
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> > To suggest the Egyptians knew the metre or the
> inch is the worst kind of pseudoscience.
>
> Have you seen the explanation in the video shortly
> after minute 42? It's about using volumes of
> simple geometric objects.
>
> The producer is not saying that the Egyptians in
> general knew the meter. He is saying that someone
> knew the meter and was hiding it from the general
> public, but encoding it to prove that they knew
> it.


Really? Whisked back to the time of the pyramids/ancient alien showing up and the ONLY thing they do is bring along a meter stick, worm their way into Hemiunu's affections, encode the lovely meter in something, and then die or leave having done... metric graffiti on a big building?

Not penicillin, the mathematical symbol for zero, decimals, long division, basic genetics and inheritance, germ theory, manufacture of Better Bronze, making high quality glass, or even gunpowder? Or "here's how to make a really efficient pully" or "you can cut stone better this way" -- Just "here's a measuring stick, boyo - ain't it clever? And don't forget to burn it when you're done, Hemiunu."

Pardon the somewhat spicy tone, but what the heck is the purpose of that?

-- Byrd
Moderator, Hall of Ma'at



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2022 12:07AM by Byrd.