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I admit I skipped sections (Videos are NOT my thing)... can't seem to find a conclusion about how to demolish a pyramid in the video. Other than "waste of time", that is.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Pistol Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If you imagine a polished gold, electrum, copper > or granite bnbnt stone (pyramid capstone) the > reflection of the moon on its surface at night > would be a spectacular thing to have witnessed, it > may have been the concept all along, the pyramid > apex became a shinny star at night and reborby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Heh. That was something I picked up from reading the Amelia Peabody series!by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Possibly from bats? I know that they were a problem in the past, and this is a less-visited pyramid.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Hans_lune Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now that they know the indications of empty spaces > was right hopefully they might be forthright. I'm > getting kinda old and while I believe the larger > void will contain nothing more than rocks, dust > and some ocher - I's still like to see it. > Hopefully they will use this technologby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
I find that a bit hard to believe, given the relatively late date for the construction. If I'm reading Wikipedia correctly, they're trying to hugely revise the dates (by about 8,000 years)by Byrd - Ancient History
Beautiful photos! Thank you! Love the starry sky representation.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Until we understand the PT we can not understand > the pyramid builders. Until we understand the > pyramid builders it might be impossible to > understand ourselves. You can't understand the PT until you understand each one in its place. You can't fully understand them if you look at the miby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Hans_lune Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for the help folks. It showed up and I > don't remember it at all. It is possible the image > has been modified and that added for some reason. It looks original and at least during the Middle Kingdom I've seen sphinxes with various things carried on their backs. Sadly, it *could* be sby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Hermione Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for this, Byrd. > > I just looked for the phrase "he is a star", which > doesn't exist in that precise form (at least, in > Allen's translation). Pepi I, page 179 (in the version I have, which was downloaded from the Oriental Institute) "Pepi is a star. The Sun’sby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
The symbol on the head of the sphinx is Gardiner sign O6, meaning an enclosure (tomb, temple, or palace enclosure are all designated by this sign.) I don't recognize the one on his back.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
cladking Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are virtually hundreds of lines in the PT > suggesting or "stating" that the pyramid is the > king and dozens that say or imply he is also a > star. Not true, actually. There is ONE pyramid text (Pepi Merenre) that says the king is a star - the other pyramid texts do not say this.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Hans_lune Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > cladking Wrote: > > > > Yet the builders repeatedly said the king is > both > > a pyramid and a star ("he, he is the pyramid") > > ("he is a star"). There is apparently some > sort > > of correspondence of stars to pyramids or > pyramids > > toby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
It seems to be a vase held by a private collector -- and as for "precision", there are many ways of achieving it. It's essentially meaningless here. Any time you turn something on a lathe, it comes out very even and with amazing precision. Leveling the top isn't that hard... just rub the mouth of the vessel on your sanding surface for awhile and if your sanding surface isby Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Ahatmose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This image above shows an angle of 54.2 deg > > > > > > Hmmm are we sure it is 100 pes square by 125 pes > high ????? Just doesn't look right > That's an artifact of the angle of the photograph. The photographer was too close.by Byrd - Ancient History
That would seem to argue for a different architect for the smaller pyramids.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Here's the dimensions: The pyramid measures 100 Roman feet (29.6 m) square at the base and stands 125 Roman feet (37 m) high. I'm feeling too lazy to play with the Law of Cosines tonight.by Byrd - Ancient History
That's so very exciting - there's not much known about this deity.by Byrd - Ancient History
I don't think anything should be changed; it's basically an honest assessment of the situation.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
I wonder if G1-d is simply the last item built for Khufu, and whether (if he lived longer) he would have added other pyramidions next to it.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Pistol Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have read both articles, essentially Hawass puts > forward the idea that G1-d was a changing room for > the king during the sed festival, I find that really hard to believe. You'd think they would set up a tent or something temporary since it's not a common occurrence.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
I'm going with "palimpsest" (or something similar.) Not a single work but two different works. The marks were created by a different person than the pit.by Byrd - Ancient History
Technically, the term "mummified person" is correct -- to distinguish them from other mummies (like mummified cats or dogs or crocodiles.) So, more accurate. I don't have a problem with that.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Interesting, and somewhat perturbing to think about.by Byrd - Laboratory
What I find interesting is that it has an "Arabian Nights" sort of flavor.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Interesting, but I think a better source for the "contamination" would have been the Library of Alexandria. Ptolemy I was the one who set up the situation for scholars to write the books of the early Bible. He brought them there to Alexandria, where they lived while they were writing. They had plenty of opportunity to talk to Egyptian priests and to notice what tools they used.by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
Hagiographies are fun. I've got the book, "Saints Preserve Us" which goes through a lengthy list of Catholic saints - some really entertaining stories there. And for some modern ones, some very tragic true ones. Like Saint Maimilian Kolbeby Byrd - Humanities
What do you find controversial about that particular hieroglyph? It's well known and well attested and the translation seems quite solid. What evidence do you have that makes the identification shaky? And which scholars' interpretations are you questioning (which of their papers)?by Byrd - Ancient Egypt
However, it's not infallible. As a test, I asked it "tell me about Egyptian magical knives" and got this: ------------------- Egyptian magical knives, also known as "wands," were believed to have been used in ancient Egyptian rituals and ceremonies. They were often made of metal or precious stones and were used to direct energy or as a tool for divination. The knivesby Byrd - Laboratory
Maybe they were powered by the Giza Power Plant....by Byrd - Ancient History