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Archaeoastronomer Wrote:
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> It must be understood that Cleopatra thought she was Isis on Earth
Then it would certainly make sense for her to continue with the Egpytian Isis / Hathor new year celebrations at the day of the yearly Sirius heliacal rising. Why should she chose to start the year at Jan 1st instead? Or did I misunderstand y
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Holger Isenberg
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Because nobody could replicate the construction method yet in an actual physical experiment, except for one French professor.
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Ancient Egypt
So finally there is some star connection
I never agreed with any Great Pyramid star alignment but this one I siriously do like.
Please note that this statement is about pyramids only as some temples are certainly aligned to stars.
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
That articles gives the impression it is a summary of ancient narcotics consumption as it doesn’t add a note about which region it is discussing. For a more global overview I see missing:
* fungus usage by the Aztecs
* cocaine by the Pharaos
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient History
Hermione Wrote:
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> Do you have a citation for that?
I read it in one of the articles I posted in the earlier replies. I noted the seashell part as filler in the concrete as that’s the same as used in the 19th century in west Florida for some concrete buildings.
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Ancient History
Hermione Wrote:
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> But how does this answer Byrd's question:
Maybe they had some good fermented beverage, or the locals were impressed by steel tools or some other knowledge they could trade for a good deal. Most likely the locals liked the idea to build a fortress much more stable than they ever made before, especially during a
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Hermione Wrote:
> It seems the Kon Tiki and ABORA expeditions enjoyed only limited success
Ra II made it from Morocco to Barbados in 2 months. The first Ra indeed failed, as they didn't used the real South American reed binding technology yet, but only 1 week before reaching Barbados. See
Kon-Tiki was from Peru to Easter Island, another great success.
Abora III with the change
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Ancient History
Byrd Wrote:
> structures -- and to make bricks by cutting slabs of clay (which was not like the technique used for
> Roman/Mediterranean bricks)?
The Comalcalco are made from combining crushed seashells with clay and other and then they were burned. You need an industrial style production for that amount of bricks used there. That's another mystery.
> Also, the "Roman
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For going westwards over the Atlantic, basically you only have to take care to stay afloat on the water and survive long enough when leaving the African western shore the ocean current move into that direction. To improve the speed simple boats like Thor Heyerdal's Ra II already work as experimentally proven or a bit more advanced by adding leeboards to even do some crosswind sailing, Domini
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient History
Well, I see pretty solid rock evidence there with the combination of bricks similar to the flat square shaped ones of Romans and the fact that the bricks were burned which is even more unusual for America of that time.
Small correction: They are not really square shaped I see now when looking close at some photos, for example the one showing with brickwork in the image title in the middle of
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient History
This video show similar views of the site:
When I posted the fb link it worked fine in an incognito browser window. Today it indeed failed when trying again. Could be that fb uses temporary public URLs for advertising to sign up.
The following from a different fb group still works today:
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Ancient History
Most likely that small Roman expedition was a one way trip westwards, which would explain the lack of contemporary news about it.
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient History
Yes, just click on the redirect link, the ) got lost, just click on the redirect in the first sentence of the error text as you pointed out.
I did research but focused more on photos, so missed text-only sources. I was looking for more photos as one of on the facebook article showed one of the towers from an angle which definitely looked like the style of Roman wooden fortress guarding towers.
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Ancient History
Ever heard of the Mayan site Comalcalco in today’s Mexico?
Completely built from burned red square clay bricks in the same size and shape as known from Romans. Mayan’s didn’t use burned bricks anywhere else. Also the architecture style is unusual for Mayan sites with some apparent Roman influence.
It’s discussed whether a small Roman expedition made it over the Atlantic and brought in the
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Holger Isenberg
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Yes, could be one of the black granit blocks you can see all over the plateau. Here one in the 2nd pyramid's valley temple:
And a few more at the temple in front of the 3rd pyramid:
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Hans Wrote:
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> Okay you have conceded you are wrong and the conversation ends.
No, I haven't recanted.
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Ancient Egypt
Byrd Wrote:
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> That actually strains belief. Djoser's pyramid is made from the local stone.
You mean 97% local quarry stone or 100%? What's your error probability, the 5% default? Because the 3% geopolymer binder is overlooked by most geologists as Davidovits could empirically prove by sending his one lab-made geopolymer t
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Byrd Wrote:
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> if they're "pouring" the blocks (which they weren't), why didn't they use this on the
> other pyramids at Giza, including the smaller ones?
They used it for all large block pyramids, including the 6 small pyramids at Giza. The only small block pyramid were it was used is Djoser as that wa
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Hans Wrote:
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> The example in the video you provided showed he used sided mounds but not a bottom.
Please explain why you see the need for molds on the bottom. The layer of already poured blocks below work as a mould bottom as they are just poured seamlessly on top and next to each other.
> 'Flexible' molds won't
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Hans Wrote:
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> Irregular, uneven, different sizes, 'lumps'
Yes. Do you see how the joints have the same air-gap through their irregular shape? The shape of one block at the joint follows exactly the neighbor block at a fixed distance. That's explained by the shrinking over time during completing the curing process. It w
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Holger Isenberg
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Hans Wrote:
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> It leaves out a vital step - he doesn't show them using a bottom mold and he uses a standardized
> mold but as already shown many of he stones were unique and ill shaped meaning a need for custom
> molds.The side mold once removed would then require the stone to be lift and pushed to one
> side to bring it
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Ancient Egypt
Pistol Wrote:
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> but you would have to wait a few months or more for the 1-2 ton blocks
> to cure before pouring another 2 ton block on top
> of it.
Davidovits experiments with pouring 15 tons of pyramid limestones in northern France (St. Quentin), with each block of 1-2 tons, showed how it only takes 2-4 hours until they cou
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Hermione Wrote:
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> Please explain the presence of the fossils,
That's explained by the experiments done by Davidovits. Those seashells (nummulites) are part of the gravel-like natural limestone scraped from the quarry. As the natural material is kept in that gravel state and not grinded to sand, the sheashells easily make it into
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Hermione Wrote:
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> the geological layering in these blocks shows that they were
> frequently placed together in the temple wall just as they had been in the earth.
> In some cases one can see a vein of softer rock running the length of a wall
I'm aware of those layer and quartz vein structures sometimes seen spanning mult
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Hermione Wrote:
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> When you post a link to one of your messages, could you ensure "http", and not "https" is being used?
I'll try. Current web browsers always try to redirect to https and I already tried to add a site-specific setting for this site to avoid https, but apparently not fully successful. This auto
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
WVK Wrote:
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> Could irregular shaped stons been used for structural reasons, more stable then identical
> blocks? If so could they be man made?
Technically, walls made from different sized blocks are better protected against earthquakes. But if the original builders were aware of that, we don't know. The main point of the la
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Holger Isenberg
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Ancient Egypt
Hans Wrote:
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> It shows he is using a pile of process limestone consisting of dust and gravel like chunks.
> Unfortunately real limestone doesn't have chunks in it
The similar loose gravel-like soft limestone layer is today still visible at Giza, for example when you walk through the entrance gate, then right and behind the
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Hans Wrote:
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> > Holger no
Hans, your photos focus only on the low quality parts visible at Giza. I know that those low quality stone fittings also exist at Giza, but they won't help to explain anything.
Here my photos from Giza and Dashur showing the air-gap free construction technology used there:
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Holger Isenberg Wrote:
> Not powder. Take a look at Davidovits famous video
30 seconds into the video the loose limestone is shown:
In the video it's from France, but similar consistency limestone rubble can be found in Egypt.
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Hermione Wrote:
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> Emotional?
When writing "nonsense" about someone like Davidovits or Barsoum who worked decades in the same field of geopolymer and modern ceramics and saved a few lives with his work most likely already due to industry application of the technology for fire-proof coatings and constructions, that is just em
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