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Cognito wrote:

In any case....why would a pharoah need 12 ships to get him through the afterlife?

Obviously, he had 12 boatloads of virgins to take with him. On second thought, what do you do with the boats after all the virgins have been deflowered? Return for more virgins?

I've never known the Egyptians to be great seafarers. Didn't they have the Phoenicians for that? After all, who did Nekhau get to circumnavigate Africa? And who had the nearest forest?

I agree with that completly Cogs. The Egyptians were Saharans. And the Phoenicians were the sailors for the entire middle east - at least in the time of Seti.

The nearest forest? Again, at that time the Phoenicians.

But I don't think those boats have anything to do with the age of the Osirion. They belong to another nearby Kings grave/temple.

And as Min said - "who needs more than one boat to make it into the afterlife ?" Well, his thought anyway.

I'm sleepy - back to bed.

Hancock is right about the 'Lemming' attitude, but to be fair, sticking your head above the parapet can be highly damaging to a person's career, and it takes a brave man to break the mould with that at risk.

Digit wrote:Hancock is right about the 'Lemming' attitude, but to be fair, sticking your head above the parapet can be highly damaging to a person's career, and it takes a brave man to break the mould with that at risk.

Which is all I ever meant initially about "the Club" mentality.

Min - when you get a chance, check out the pictures that begin right after page 422. On the 4th page of pictures - #63 and #64 are about yesterdays discussion. Also#65 on the facing page.

Uh-huh....so those naughty geologists say that the Osireion was built 10,000 years before Seti's temple.

Pesky little fellows, aren't they!

Before I turn in tonight I think I'll see if I can view the Osireion on Google Earth.

Anything else at Abydos we need to kick around?

Let's see....


1- 10,000 year old temple.....check.

2- Boats in the desert...........check

3- New Kingdom temple of Seti I...check.

I guess we have it covered.

Cool. I got Abydos right away. Great view.

My computer won't take a picture of it though. Some countries I can - I have a great view of Caral for instance. I even have (or did) a shot of area 51. But Egypt - no.

Oh well. It looks like we're heading back to Giza to talk about the Sphinx. Like we haven't done that before. But something J.A. West said I would like to get to the bottom of.

I have a little time to kill if you like.

1- 10,000 year old temple.....check.

2- Boats in the desert...........check

3- New Kingdom temple of Seti I...check.

1. ROFL
2. Giza isn't a desert its a plateau
3. 1 out of three isnt bad

how do you figure that the Osirieon is 10,000 years old
its dedicated to Seti the first and is only partially underground
its walls are covered with Hieroglyphs saying that seti built it and the labour utilised is also detailed in the inscription
it also has a corbelled roof, are you claiming that someone knew what a corbelled roof was in 10,000bce
the idea that Seti discovered it while putting foundations is pseudoscience

look at the map
the foundations to setis temple run parallel to it but do not cross its exterior wall.
you think egyptians are Tolkiens Dwarves who can hide an entrance to a structure is solid rock without a crack showing
it didnt have a roof
its aligned with Seti's temple because he built it
there is nothing unusual with the alignment of the temple to the northeast either. what didn't Hancock mention that

it is the same alignment that the majority of egyptian buildings have with the exception of pyramids

you guys crack me up
I can guarantee that with your inability to look at the real facts you will never discover anything of any importance
lets face it when you consistently use Hancock as a route map you'd need help finding your ass with both hands

But something J.A. West said I would like to get to the bottom of.

What have you got?

He mentioned, in a conversation with GH, that the Mediterranean Sea was dry at the end of the last ice age.

I've never been a fan of his, and this is a little over the top.
Surfing around, there is a little merit to what he says but I'm still looking.

Much of the Sea is shallow enough that it would have been above water. I'm trying to figure how much.

I don't know about "dry" but if the ocean was 130 meters lower then the Med would sure as hell be greatly reduced.

Yep, that's what I'm checking on Google Earth.There's a lot of land down there.

Some spots are very deep also.

Well, I'll keep studying this tonight and we ca hit it some tomorrow. Sunday is football.

I'll Talk to you privately, stand by.

Didn't one of Hancock's maps show many more islands in the Aegean than we now have?

I know absolutely nothing about this subject so you needn't tell me so Marduk therefore I ask to learn. You said it had no roof, how is this known?
Giza is a plateau, yes, it is also desert as it desolate, desert does not mean it has to be sandy. Much of the Sahara is stony.