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[cladking]

somelier, on 01 December 2011 - 09:57 PM, said:

More ignorant than we are? You obviously have little knowledge of the Egyptians. In fact, you have little knowledge about anything if you believe the "gods" built the pyramids.

Are you suggesting the builders had more knowledge than we do?  Individually
they may have but they were highly deficient as a society abbout things like
aeronautics and telecommunications.  Computer programmers couldn't even get
work.  

[the L]

cladking, on 30 November 2011 - 01:04 AM, said:

The builders literally claimed that the Gods literally built the pyramids.

Do tell please.

[aquatus1]

No.  Don't.

[cladking]

the L, on 01 December 2011 - 10:54 PM, said:

Do tell please.

No.  

Someone will accuse me of trying to take over a thread.

Edited by cladking, 01 December 2011 - 11:29 PM.

[docyabut2]

The pyramids were built from the inside out, don`t you think there be some ramps inside?

[docyabut2]

Any one think that shafts may have been ramps?


http://en.wikipedia....mid_Diagram.svg

[questionmark]

docyabut2, on 03 December 2011 - 12:25 AM, said:

Any one think that shafts may have been ramps?


http://en.wikipedia....mid_Diagram.svg

Not the shafts themselves, but the idea that they had a secondary function (such as stabilizing) for shafts {edit} ramps and scaffolding might not be too far fetched.

Edited by questionmark, 03 December 2011 - 12:38 AM.

[the L]

cladking, on 01 December 2011 - 11:07 PM, said:

No.  

Someone will accuse me of trying to take over a thread.

PM me.

[Arbitran]

cladking, on 30 November 2011 - 01:04 AM, said:

The builders literally claimed that the Gods literally built the pyramids.

I believe them.  I believe they always knew what they were talking about even if they were even more ignorant than we are.

ABSOLUTELY. At long last, someone who believes the ancients!

[Abramelin]

Arbitran, on 24 March 2012 - 03:36 AM, said:

ABSOLUTELY. At long last, someone who believes the ancients!

So?

Corp, on 01 December 2011 - 05:47 PM, said:

Given that their kings were worshiped as gods they could just be refering to past pharaohs who supervised the construction.

[shaddow134]

Who says the Egyptians were more ignorant than us Cladking,from what i see they built some amazing structures and because we can't explain how they built them,people then invent Aliens to bridge the gap.Now thats ignorance.

[The_Spartan]

shaddow134, on 24 March 2012 - 04:22 PM, said:

Who says the Egyptians were more ignorant than us Cladking,from what i see they built some amazing structures and because we can't explain how they built them,people then invent Aliens to bridge the gap.Now thats ignorance.

You dont know cladking.
His pet theories are
Egyptians used Geysers to build the Pyramids
The Pyramids were built by Aliens
etc etc
His theories have been beaten to death, many times over, but cladking goes with his ~fingers in his ears...na na na i cant hear what you are telling~ routine and keeps at it, with eternal hope.

[Winterwind]

Voted "Other" for the same reason as Harte.

As for the people that voted "Aliens"... No disrespect but why would any extra-terrestrial race, with advanced technology, travel light years just to teach us how to pile rocks in nice shapes? Hell, Scotty showed us how easy it was to just casually give primitive man in the 1980s transparent aluminum. Couldn't the aliens have given us something just a little fancier than limestone?

I supposed it could all have been part of an interesting sociological study on their part. If so, looking in on us now, with all of our wild zany theories on pyramid construction, must be comedy gold.

[Arbitran]

Abramelin, on 24 March 2012 - 01:54 PM, said:

So?

Their kings were actually said to be descended from the gods. They made the distinction between the pharaohs and the gods.

[Arbitran]

Winterwind, on 24 March 2012 - 06:48 PM, said:

Voted "Other" for the same reason as Harte.

As for the people that voted "Aliens"... No disrespect but why would any extra-terrestrial race, with advanced technology, travel light years just to teach us how to pile rocks in nice shapes? Hell, Scotty showed us how easy it was to just casually give primitive man in the 1980s transparent aluminum. Couldn't the aliens have given us something just a little fancier than limestone?

I supposed it could all have been part of an interesting sociological study on their part. If so, looking in on us now, with all of our wild zany theories on pyramid construction, must be comedy gold.

You people don't seem to realize how useful a material stone actually is. You don't have to mine and smelt it like metals, it's far more abundant (obviously), and stands up to weathering and environment for far longer. The gods used stone as a primary building material--though they did have impressive metallurgic skills. And the pyramids had function--it isn't just stacking rocks.