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> He had never heard of them (in Egypt) and doubted
> their existence. He was not well versed in
> extinct geysers. Doesn't it seem most improbable
> anyone is?
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> *snip*
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> When an expert investigates this and then states
> that in his opinion geysers are unlikely
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cladking Wrote:
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> Thank you. Good idea but I tried that too with
> somewhat predictable results.
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Really? What results? Were you told there were no cold-water geysers in Egypt? Or that the underlying geology was wrong? Or that the issue was outside that respondent's area of expertise? If it was either of the firs
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> > For your part, have you consulted a
> geologist, as
> > you stated you were going to, as to the
> likelihood
> > of cold water geysers?
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> ...A couple of them actually. ...both f
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C'n I play too? I'll even go first. The missing number I got was 12, and the next two in the sequence after 13 are 16.5 and 18. I'm sure Don's solution will be much more arcane.
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It sounds like you believe the Egyptologists just made up the "old wood" thing ad hoc, to explain away anomalous radiocarbon dates. Actually, it's a principle that's widely known and used in archaeology - the context and "behavioural relevance" of a sample is crucial to its interpretation. Is the wood seasoned, scavenged, stockpiled, or freshly cut? For a nice exam
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Don - are you asking for others to weigh in on the question? Because I would quite like to. I've followed the threads for years as a lurker and occasional poster, and my opinion is that Anthony's assessment of your methodology is correct. Since your method of number-crunching is largely unfalsifiable, any so-called "evidence" it produces is worthless. And on the occasions
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Well, our cats are constantly retrieving birds - or mice, or grasshoppers, or (in one case) half a rabbit - and laying them at our feet. No training required.
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A bit early for pottery, too, I should think. I wonder how they're dating the site.
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cladking Wrote:
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> > Of course looking back with a more modern
> perspective we see it was hubris and conceit and
> this limited their abilities.
The needle on my irony meter just went into the red zone.
Why would you assume they were not motivated by,say, curiosity?
ETA: fantastic picture.
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<Her technical command of the English language>
It is not Katherine Griffis-Greenberg's technical command of the English language that is at issue, but her impressive technical command of written Ancient Egyptian.
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I think an equally interesting question is to what degree Early Christianity picked up motifs from the Mediterranean world and the ancient Near East, including Egypt. Tom Harpur's book (The Pagan Christ) went into this, but is unfortunately crap - and BTW, he relied heavily on Theosophical writings which are also demonstrably crap. But as far as I remember, Christianity did some of its imp
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> > Nope. Even leetle tiny religions backfire
> disastrously. Just read my novel The Blackburn
> Chronicles (he says shamelessly pimping his book.)
> to find out why.
I am reading it.
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Wow. I sometimes wonder if he was purposely testing the limits of what his followers would believe - and found there were no limits. Imagine paying to hear that.
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He also ended up a sad, paranoid, crazy old man, virtually a prisoner to his inner circle, estranged from his markedly dysfunctional family. He poisoned everything he touched, including (or especially) his children. I'd rather be poor(ish) and able to sleep at night. Not too poor, though. Maybe if one started just a leetle tiny religion....?
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I've wanted to see this for a long time - now that you remind me, I think I'll have to order it on-line. It looks like it should be taken with at least a grain of salt, especially as Barbara Branden (the author of the book it is based on) cannot really be seen as an impartial observer; but apparently it catches the cult atmosphere vividly, and hey - anything starring Helen Mirren is wo
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I think this is more in the style of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or the Orbiting Teacup, than the Church of Scientology. I had a good look through the website: it's specifically anti-revelation, anti-millennial and anti-messianic. True believers often accuse the rather amorphous community of freethinkers of being "just another religion", and the freethinkers usually deny it with
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I saw a longer version of Temple's article where he mentions the ears and snout being deliberately smashed and mutilated, I think at the end of the OK. I'll try to rediscover the link. Anyone know which 4th Dynasty reliefs he's talking about, showing a couchant Anubis? I have to say, I find the stuff about "Jackal Lake" quite intriguing.
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> The Anubis would be a prime candidate for the new
> rock technology dating scheme. Very quickly it
> could be determined if this was a prank or hoax by
> overactive imaginations or?
I think that's already been determined: fake for sure. See
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> Simple question...What reason would there be for
> an unfinished statue placed in the king's temple?
As Greg says, it was not found in the temple, but "close to the surface of the desert... north of the smallest of Giza's three main pyramids." So your reasoning is irrelevant.
> If it was af
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> Also...need a reason why it is unfinished?
Okay, I'll bite. Why do you think it was unfinished? Or was yours a rhetorical question?
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Breathtaking. The same level of wilful ignorance and naivete found in six-day creationists. And just as futile to debate with.
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cladking Wrote:
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> > believes that building a honking great
> pyramid
> > will be a good metaphysical investment, then
> > they'll build it at whatever cost, right?
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> So long as the payoff is
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> Sane people's actions are always based on what
> they believe. If they
> believe there's a lion chasing them they run.
Er - total non sequitur. I don't think you understood my point. But okay. So if a nation believes that building a honking great pyramid will be a good metaphysical investm
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> Almost anything at all can come to seem normal or
> natural to people. But
> there are still things that are excluded from what
> sane people will do.
Name one. Anything you can think of, no matter how bizarre, and you can pretty much guarantee to find it institutionalized in some culture or other, p
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I really couldn't tell how much of this was a joke, or self-parody, and how much was an actual question. Why study Ancient Egypt at all? Why not just deconstruct the pyramids altogether, for all that nice pre-cut building stone?
A culture's religious beliefs often look batty to the outsider, but that doesn't mean the participants are insane. I'm sure you know people who pr
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Yes, Barry Kemp is discussing a MK case; however, the Palermo stone mentions stretching the cord, which is evidence for that survey technique in the OK. And I don't think the combination of calibrated ropes with merkats and poles to keep the lines straight over reasonably long distances is too much of a "stretch".
Can you cite any archaeological, textual or iconographic evidenc
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That's a pretty strong reaction. You're claiming superior authority, and then arguing from it. Why, exactly, is it drivel? By the way, I should imagine that Barry Kemp (whom I know to be a level-headed and thoroughly competent person) has pretty good experience with surveying, which is one of the basic archaeological field skills.
But mostly I'm confused about what, exactly
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I guess he'd be referring to the three little rectangles by the guy's nose - but "PPP" as a name is totally new to me.
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