robin cook Wrote:
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> I am very disappointed that you have chosen to
> include me with the loonies.

Can I remind all posters that the HoM R&G frown on pejorative descriptions of other authors and posters.

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> The 'Hall of Maat' is supposedly devoted to
> 'weighing the evidence for alternative history'.
> You decided to set up a separate section called '
> Alternative Geometry and Numerology', but
> alternative to what? Due to the lack of any text
> from the Old Kingdom which would provide clues to
> the meaning of the Giza group we must turn to the
> pyramids themselves to provide an answer - their
> shapes and dimensions. Petrie was the first
> 'alternative researcher' if you will. His
> measurements are accepted by all Egyptolologists.
> Yet strangely he never thought of converting his
> data into cubits. Then 40 years ago Legon made the
> conversion and showed that the Giza group was laid
> out to a plan. Yet few scholars have been willing
> to accept his findings - most seem content to
> assume that each king designed his own pyramid.
>
> Then 20 years ago Butler arrived on the scene. He
> made many mistakes, particularly his 'sea level
> hypothesis'. I wrote to the late Glen Dash who
> provided the best modern estimates of pyramid base
> levels which disproved his hypothesis.
> However one of his findings proved correct - that
> Giza chamber dimensions mimicked inter-pyramid
> spacings. This I reported on this board but so far
> there has been no reaction.
>
> At the same time I showed that the Giza pyramids
> are laid out along a 45 degree axis pointing to
> Heliopolis. Once again no reaction.

Lehner had earlier mentioned a similar possibility (1997: 106).

> I am aware that there are many sites and theories
> floating around on the net, particularly Mr
> Hancock's 'official' site, and by dumping all the
> nonsense into your 'alternative geometry' section
> you hope to free up your site for more serious
> discussion.

And, at this point, can I just remind everyone of the rule requiring no public discussion of moderation policy.

If anyone has a problem with moderation, can they kindly contact the moderation team privately.

Yet what is the result? - just
> waffling away on the usual Egyptological subjects
> (see the 'hoax' thread). Where is the 'weighing of
> alternative history'?

The "Hoax" thread is a continuation of a long discussion of an "alternative history" subject that has occupied the minds of some for the past 40-odd years: namely, the so-called "pyramid forgery affair", according to which Colonel Howard Vyse forged one of the aper names found in Campbell's Chamber: despite not knowing what an aper name was, or knowing where it should be placed.

In some quarters, it was supposed that the publication of this book in 2019 would put paid to such a proposal for once and for all.

But, much to the astonishment of many, some authors, one in particular, persist in arguing - in the face of all the evidence - that such a forgery did take place.

Hence the protracted nature of the discussion. If some don't find the discussion of any interest, I can suggest only that they .... refrain from reading it.

Hermione
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