Posted on 11/06/2015 6:30:51 PM PST by sparklite2
Sorry newbie, but I don't give your insight a whole lot of credibility.
Ancient Egypt did in fact have government run communal grain storage repositories, but the Pyramids weren’t them.
Very nice.
I guess I haven't been drawn to find some answers because as marvelous as they are supposed to be, I don't like them aesthetically. Now I was going over some of my old slides to get scans and find that when I went to Europe, I was more interested in the off-the-beaten path places, scenic and simple charm. Still feel that way about Europe. I guess I'm myopic in my world view.
The pyramids are made out of concrete.
http://www.geopolymer.org/archaeology/pyramids/are-pyramids-made-out-of-concrete-1/
No, the Pharaohs weren’t thinking that. There were tombs inside the pyramids and heaps of written and oral information to that effect.
If Carson can believe something as stupid as this Great Pyramid/silo theory, I don’t want him as CinC.
Nuclear bunker if sealed up airtight with proper doors.
Some time after that they stacked the mastabas on top of each other forming a "step pyramid".
Eventually they would fill in the slopes to form the familiar pyramid shape.
Not a wacko. Just a subject-specific moron.
Their plan for continuation of government perhaps - same as we have elaborate structures for our leaders to evacuate to today at a moments notice.
An event took place approximately 12,000 years which killed millions of humans and animals worldwide like the Clovis people of North America, mastodons and other large mammals worldwide.
Relatively fresh memories/legends may have indeed led to construction of these massive structures for protecting the elite of their day, not only in Egypt but in the Americas as well.
Do you believe in Noah's ark?
First of all; when Joseph was appointed to save Egypt from the coming famine, he had 7 fat years in which to store up grain for the coming 7 years of famine. They had to build granaries quickly. Each of the pyramids took DECADES to build using slave labor. The famine would have been upon them before the first pyramid was half built.
Secondly, The pyramids are practically useless for grain storage. They are just huge rock piles, solid stone upon stone, except for a secret passage entrance, and a few smmall burial rooms that are practically inaccessible. They were designed to be entered one time, for the funeral of pharoah, and then sealed shut forever. There’s no place in that nearly solid rock pile to store more than a few bushels of grain.
The pyramids were NOT for storing grain. I cannot believe an intelligent man such as the good doctor would utter such nonsense. He obviously gave no consideration or thought to the construction of s pyramid. It isn’t hollow and spacious. It’s a nearly solid heap of humongous stones.
Plus, the shape, prevents food decay, and sharpens razor blades
There would be some smaller stones left from either method, but your site is a more feasible argument for the precision in cutting, the relative ease of construction.
I suppose I'll encounter many theories and controversies and have to sort it out and not completely solving it. It was interesting your site claims the wheel hadn't been invented yet. If so, it wasn't too long before it was.
I actually, when prodded, remembered enough physice to understand how the levers worked, but I never was good at spatial diagrams, a diagram of the view from the top was too much for tonight.
Then I got sidetracked when I read the GP was the only remaining edifice of the seven wonders of the ancient world. So I had to go look up the rest thinking the Temple in Jerusalem (no) and Hanging Gardens (yes but may have been in Ninevah) and the rest are mostly gods or burial monuments.
I should just keep my musings out of it for now. Thank you for the link.
ASB, I had to look up where you got your screen name, Roman senator, consul, philosopher, b 480 AD I think. Also saw a couple of your posts here about your book on EMP. That is one subject on C2C that is scientific. It is George Noory's activist endeavor. Also saw your book and author. Can't do much more tonight but will check out some reviews on amazon.
EMP's are one scary subject and only the strong and mentally equipped people could prepare and withstand the chaos of such a cataclysmic event, either manmade or through solar flares or other natural occurrences.
Where are the pyramids mentioned in the Bible? I just searched through several different versions in the youversion app, and find no mention of the word.
“Only a complete idiot would believe that the Great Pyramids were used as silos.”
e.g., like this complete idiot?
“Only a moron could look at the tiny amount of open space inside the Great Pyramid and think that it was designed to store wheat.”
e.g., like THIS moron?
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