Giza

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:30 pm

Coastal sailors have to worry about reefs and shoals. Those are easier to see during daylight.

There's a lot about that story that doesn't make sense. It's a lot like the bible in that regard.

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu May 10, 2007 3:11 pm

Zahi Hawass tells the French to go suck an egg!

http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Cu ... 000755.htm

Egyptian, US and German experts have refuted French archaeologist Jean-Pierre Houdin's theory about how the Pyramids were built, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas.

Houdin is the "interior ramp" guy.

Rokcet Scientist · Post by **Rokcet Scientist** » Thu May 10, 2007 9:07 pm

Minimalist wrote:
Egyptian, US and German experts have refuted French archaeologist Jean-Pierre Houdin's theory about how the Pyramids were built, said Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) Zahi Hawwas.
Houdin is the "interior ramp" guy.

Houdin was a French magician, after which 'Houdini' modeled his stage name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Houdin.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Fri May 11, 2007 4:45 am

Hooray!

Post by **Minimalist** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:56 pm

An excellent summary of the situation by an author who punts at the end rather than risk the Wrath of Zahi!

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/884/heritage.htm

The Great Pyramid of Khufu, the greatest single building ever erected, used about 2,300,000 limestone blocks each weighing 2.5 tonnes on average, all precisely cut and none weighing less than two tonnes. Simple calculations show that, since it took 20 years to complete, and assuming eight or 10 hours' labour a day, one block was fitted almost every minute, or rather accurately

In other words, it took about 10 minutes to fit neatly in place seven blocks. This does not take into account the time taken to pave or demolish the ramp as it was built up all the way to the top of the pyramid, according to the general theory. Building and demolishing such a ramp would not only have required 500,000 workmen, but this alone would have taken the whole of Khufu's reign. Nor does it account for the time spent levelling the rocky site, nor for the time taken to position the nine granite blocks of 50 tonnes each constituting the inside of the royal chamber, nor the time to cover the whole edifice with the 115,000 pieces of fine limestone casing, some of which weighed more than 16 tonnes. An experiment funded by the Nissan Company in 1979, in which a Japanese team tested the feasibility of building a scale model of the Great Pyramid using new technology, was abandoned after it was found it would take 1,000 years to finish.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:51 am

Oh Lord, not again! There isn't shred of evidence that the damn thing was built with a 20 yr construction time!

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:36 am

When has that ever stopped The Club from maintaining that it is so?

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:46 am

That's Herr Goebels again Min, tell the same lie long enough and people will start to believe it.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:24 am

An experiment funded by the Nissan Company in 1979, in which a Japanese team tested the feasibility of building a scale model of the Great Pyramid using new technology, was abandoned after it was found it would take 1,000 years to finish.

I'm not sure what Nissan is trying to say, but they surely can't be serious. Few people believe that it was built in 20 yrs., but the statement above just ridiculous.

Besides, I still don't think it was built in the 4th dynasty.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:33 am

I think Nissan's engineers were saying that moving rocks across the desert and lifting them up in the air is a hell of a lot harder than Zahi and his gang claim it is!

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:43 am

They are right about that. I hope then, that the 1,000 yr. comment was an exaggeration used to make a point.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:23 am

Well I don't imagine Nissan had as many slaves working on the project as the Club tells me the Egyptians had!

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:34 am

in which a Japanese team tested the feasibility of building a scale model of the Great Pyramid using new technology

Nissan wasn't using slaves....they were using trucks and STILL couldn't do it.

What does that tell us?

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:46 am

The Egyptians had bigger trucks?

The damn 20 yr scenario is based on the assumption of who had it built, based on a belief that he reigned for about 20 yrs and that it was started when they stuck the beard on him and that is was completed before he keeled over.
That's a devil of a lot of assumptions!

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:30 pm

This thread was opened in June of '05, and is 57 pages long as of this post. After all these discussions, the mystery still remains, imo, of who built it, and when, and how, and .....why.