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Already read that on your website thanks.

And no criticism of it?

We already did that. Check the book review thread where our introductions began.

Giza? What about the worker's barracks area?

No silly Oas, you said you read about how the ancients determined the GP dimensions and the royal cubit length at my website www.IceAgeCivilizations.com, article #2, not from my book Ice Age Civilizations, nor from Marduk's review, you said WEBSITE.

You need that brain food.

oldarchystudent wrote:We already did that. Check the book review thread where our introductions began.

Giza? What about the worker's barracks area?

What about it?

Of course - you are right GV.

Note to people who have been here longer - is that how we get this guy to shut up - just nod and pretend we agree with him?

Minimalist wrote:

oldarchystudent wrote:We already did that. Check the book review thread where our introductions began.

Giza? What about the worker's barracks area?

What about it?

There was some question about the public works idea, which seems to make most sense to me. The Barracks area contained evidence that the workers were well cared for, even got medical attention (Charleton Heston to the contrary). Wouldn't that indicate a public works project for the farmers while the inundation was on and they couldn't work the fields?

I'm no expert on Egypt - just asking.

Hawass has made the claim (at various times) that between 8 and 20,000 workers were housed at the camp.

That would have made it a fairly good sized city by Early to Middle Bronze Age standards.

Minimalist wrote:Hawass has made the claim (at various times) that between 8 and 20,000 workers were housed at the camp.

That would have made it a fairly good sized city by Early to Middle Bronze Age standards.

A pretty good chunk of the population at the time. Does anyone know what that was?

Hey Oas, since you're nodding in agreement, with no citation of flaw in the analysis in article #2 at www.IceAgeCivilizations.com, that's obviously an endorsement, so thank you, and now we can integrate it into the discussions about the ins and outs of the GP construction, and so, understand the prevalence of precession numbers in ancient legends and architectures, such as in the dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

You go and do whatever makes you happy GV, as long as you never pretend I endorse it again.

oldarchystudent wrote:

Minimalist wrote:Hawass has made the claim (at various times) that between 8 and 20,000 workers were housed at the camp.

That would have made it a fairly good sized city by Early to Middle Bronze Age standards.

A pretty good chunk of the population at the time. Does anyone know what that was?

I seem to recall reading somewhere that population estimates for Egypt under Ramses the Great were about 3 million. Can't recall where I saw that, though.

On ratios (check my math please, I suck at math) that would be like having almost 2 million USA citizens involved in a project. Pretty impressive.

oldarchystudent wrote:On ratios (check my math please, I suck at math) that would be like having almost 2 million USA citizens involved in a project. Pretty impressive.

You have to factor in the general subsistence level of agriculture as well. It would probably be a much greater percentage of available labor. That's one reason why a lot of Egyptologists hold to the theory that work on the pyramid was done during the flood season when farm work was not possible.

But Oas, since you have cited no flaw in article #2 (and Lord knows you'd like to be able to), then what else can one possibly deduce?