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My guess is that all the pyramids did not serve the same purpose. The smaller and newer ones were primarily intended as tombs but the older, and particularly Khufu's pyramid, were intended for a diff- erent purpose. This probably served a ceremonial function chiefly for "launching" the ka of the king into heaven. There appears to have been a five day ceremony and on theby cladking - Ancient Egypt
> > As I have pointed out you probably will never > know... there is nothing preventing simple > technology and hard work from building it. One > would think ancient Egyptians had the same > intelligence and common sense that everyone else > had in the ancient world when building, at least > give then that credit.... > > Archae Solenhofen (solenhofen@hoby cladking - Ancient Egypt
Warwick L Nixon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Viewing the various techniques for moving logs one > is forced to take into account that there are > countless ways to do any given task. Making it > all the harder to be certain how the AE's moved > their Stone. > > But I think you summed up the case against > Balloons. >by cladking - Ancient Egypt
> > I know this sort of thing sounds "sexy", and > perhaps to you - with your theory - would be > another pointer to a previous, lost, advanced > civilisation, but just read what Archae Solenhofen > wrote in one of the above posts about engineering > methods. Simply because we don't know how > something was done doesn't mean it was done by &by cladking - Ancient Egypt
> > Ya, other than what Petrie observed in the > quarries near the Giza Pyramids as being filled > with millions of cubic meters of limestone chips, > gypsum, sand, and tafla.... what ramp/ramps and > other such constructions would have been > apparently made of (Lehner 1997), etc. etc. etc. > Ramps with a reasonable grade to the top of the Great Pyramidby cladking - Ancient Egypt
... there are > simpler methods. For example, they could just ramp > the granite onto one of the lower courses and then > ramp or lever them to the next course of core > masonry (not really that high, about 1-1.5 m) as > the course is being constructed... lots of storage > and work space on the top surface of an unfinished > pyramid. If they planned it right the heavyby cladking - Ancient Egypt
It's fascinating discussion and just might yield something conclusive someday. Sir Isaac Newton played around with these same numbers so at least the "trolls" are in mighty good company. Plot on...by cladking - Ancient Egypt
There's no question whatsoever it was designed. There's no real possibility that the three SE corners line up on the solstice by mere chance. The purposes and intents may be lost but at the very least it served as a calender.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
Hi; It's funny the things that crop up on google. I got a single hit for the number of the beast (translated to binary from the earliest version), and it was a lawyer in the US. I suppose you got very few hits here as well. I just pulled the numbers out of a hat that would be reflective of some of the earlier figures. I've found a little more in the Pyrmid Texts tby cladking - Ancient Egypt
There's a lot in the PT's about passing through the double door or great door as well going through a process but nothing I recall about a series of doors. It seems exceedingly odd to me that they are about to embard on destructive testing and exploration while not even allowing a great deal of non-destructive testing. It seems they want to be careful what they learn. This shby cladking - Ancient Egypt
At the risk of sounding facetious it may be the back of the US one dollar bill. Masons have secrets which they tell their members as they rise in the ranks but it's not likely they could (or would) keep something of gret general interest secret. I've found that when I look up the people who are hits on pyramid searches with google they are often Masons. Some of it seems odby cladking - Ancient Egypt
This is speculation but it's a sure thing any attempt to destroy this pyramid in a denuded state would start at the top.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
I was referring to the immediate need to replace buildings damaged in the earthquake.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
Stuff I've read suggested that it was becoming increasingly dangerous to strip the casaing blocks off and the need was decreasing so they simply stopped. It's diffiicult to get a feel for the amount of stone that fell and the amount taken off despite this having been so recent. Apparently, though, there was much more damage to the Great Pyramid than Khafre's Pyramid.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
Anthony Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The world's first stone dam (well, the surviving > remnants of one, anyway) was built in the Fourth > Dynasty by (probably) Khufu. The engineers didn't > account for the destructive nature of small leaks > in the dam, and the leaks turned into torrents, > eventually washing out the middleby cladking - Ancient Egypt
It's also interesting that the ancients created a lake. Herodotus said that it was claimed that the Lake Moeris was man-made but this is likely hyperbole and not the one to which I'm referring. A lake was built for Senezemib of 1200 C (~600 yards). Lake Moeris would be relatively easy to build inasmuch as it lies below sea level and below the Nile. A little digging andby cladking - Ancient Egypt
MJ Thomas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello Anthony, > > You write, I say "it is reported" and you respond > "that's your opinion". I stopped reading there. > There's no point in continuing this discussion.' > > Okay. Let's see what I actually wrote* > "You write, ‘It is also reporby cladking - Ancient Egypt
This was in the Breasted work (1906) that someone was sao kind to post recently. It's a little difficult to navigate but I believe it's around page 75. It goes on for 30 pages or so.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
ROFL People are the same everywhere. It stands to reason we've always been the same as well.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
> > That's why I sent you the link. It explains their > mathematics quite clearly. > > Please use their counting system to calculate the > circumference of a circle with a radius of ... oh, > let's say "2" units. > > Go. Find "Pi" in Yanomamo numbers. I challenge > you. You are the one who said it was universal, > noby cladking - Ancient Egypt
> > > > Ah, perfect. > > I have a challenge for you. > > Using the Yanomamo system of numbers (they are a > human tribe in South America with a complex > language and a rudimentary math, just as you > required) please tell me how they calculate Pi, or > the area of a square. > > Thank you. > > > > I'm relby cladking - Ancient Egypt
Math is math. There are a thousand ways to skin a cat but there simply is only one collection of cat parts. No matter how you parse it one plus one will equal two. You can solve even complicated math with arithmetic or arithmetic problems with calculus. So long as you follow a set of valid rules you get to the same endpoint. Math is an outgrowth of philosophy and all humans wby cladking - Ancient Egypt
This was so important to the ancients that it was virtually the name of the year in their records. Each year they would name their years and these measurements would appear at the end. They apparently varied from about 12' to zero. The large- er numbers came early in the first dynasty and they dropped over time. Even the birth of Min is noted in year "7". There'by cladking - Ancient Egypt
There is so very little recorded about the Great Pyramid builders regardless of what era one believes it was built that it might be unrealistic to expect much of their math to have survived. Knowledge of pi might have even been a builders' trick which was very lightly recorded and hasn't survived. Since their calender was off they might have used movable (wooden) markers orby cladking - Ancient Egypt
I agree here. The casing stone I've seen in longer than it is wide with the angle on the long side. The evidence says the fact that the structure has eight sides was hidden by this casing.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
Thanks for posting this. There is a surprising amount of apparently good information here. Did anyone ever figure out definitively what the yearly "totals" were. Cubits/ palms/ fingers.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
Anthony Wrote: Where is your evidence that the > pyramid builders knew the earth was a sphere? > > It's not rocket science. There's no doubt they had an acquaintenceship with hydraulics and astronomy. There are numerous artifacts which are round including a great deal of pottery and even the stone hinge on the Great Pyramid. There are holes drilled throughby cladking - Ancient Egypt
The Earth is a sphere. On the shortest day of the year the three pyramids align along their SE corners. Pi is part of the overall planning of Giza and the ancients were familiar with astronomy.by cladking - Ancient Egypt
Don Barone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all ... > > As most of you will know 3/4/5 as shown now to be > quite prevalent at Giza is indeed the dimensions > or ratios of Pyramid #2. > > On the heels of this we also have the purple > pyramid in my diagram representing none other than > Pyramid 1 with slope angles of 51.83by cladking - Ancient Egypt
Don Barone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi lobo ... > > Very good. > > However before you jump all over me do you think > that sea level in 2500 BCE was the same as it is > now ? > > Cheers and good job ... > > Don Barone > > > > Some embrace only shadow, some embrace the light > But the liby cladking - Alternative Geometry and Numerology