[attachmentid=8023]I am reading a book called The Complete Book of Spells, Ceremonies, and Magik, and in it states that the pyramid at Giza, aka the Cheops Pyramid,stands ten miles west of Cairo over-looking the Nile Valley from a height of 130 feet. Shaped like a four-sided triangle, the pyramid is symbolic of the four elements of the ancients. It is over 450 feet tall and is composed of over 2,600,000 blocks of granite and limestone weighing from 2 to 70 tons each. It is however a mystery how the Egyptians were able to transport these heavy blocks and place them in such perfect symmetry that the joints are never more than 1/50 of an inch wide.
It is believed to contain more masonry- (the art of buliding with brick and cement)
than all the cathedrals and churches built in England.
In recent times many expirements have been conducted within pyramids built on the same principles at Giza, with some interesting results. There are reports that cats have been mummified, and dull blades becoming sharp again after being placed in the King's chamber. Read this all and see what you think.


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I actually was reading up on this one site that talks about many of the same thing...that the ancient architects used cement so to speak. But the number of blocks were actually recalculated...



They also broke it down into the time scale this building should take place...



And also, if you truly look at the Great Pyramid (this shot was taken aeriallly and there are still no answers as to why the pyramid is like this) the 4 sides are concave...so it has 8 "sides." The degree that the concavity occurs is only one half to one degree.


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This site above talks about a lot of the other world mysteries and fantastic megalithic structures...it explains a great deal and brings new questions and new "coincidences" to light.

The movement of large stones was not confined to Egypt in ancient times. The Romans moved the so-called Trilithon, weighing 800 tons, from the quarry to the Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek (in eastern Lebanon) in the first century AD. Another stone weighing 1,200 tons, the Hajar el Hibla ("Stone of the Pregnant Woman"), was never separated from its base and lays abandoned. Though the Romans left no record of their methods, it is obvious that the Egyptians did not have a monopoly on any "secret" technique of moving large stones.

Egypt is no more mysterious than any other civilization.

Egypt had help.


We don't know this because of the burning of the "Library of Alexandria".

So who could say what we don't and do know dealing with knowledge of ancient civilaziations?

We will never truly know anything about our begginings because of this....

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Art - Extending my hand here as we seemed to have gotten off to an unsettled start yesterday! We pursue different paths for the SAME GOALS - but HOW we approach matters little. What we BOTH share here is as important as our ability to even POST here.
The tragic burning (TWICE in history) of that library (Alexandria) and many others in zealous rage (or to warm the Kalif's fires or Roman Bathtubs) - caused a black smudge to cover much of history. The destruction of much of the Mayan Glyphs by the Spanish snuffed out any flicker of hope or understanding about those Great people.. We have but mere crumbs to place any hope of knowing the FULL STORY of anything. No matter our own beliefs or backgrounds -- discussion (here especially) is VALUED and to be treasured by those who DO NOT want our own records destroyed by those quick to cover our own tracks.
I am aggravated by the motivations of Political Correctness (albeit no matter how good intentioned) - and much of our OWN American History is under the pen and censorships of the "revisionists" -- and future generations will only end up with the very crumbs of what was once a Great Civilization (my own words of course) -- America.

I respect your occupation in the Archeological field - and yes there are many things I have yet to learn. But I am ALWAYS striving to learn. My own experiences, not-with-standing - my frustrations are ONLY in the obstacles I run into when my questions become too uncomfortable. For yesterday it was a blatant reminder - BUT ... I really didn't have my MORNING COFFEE when I posted some of those !!!

Keep up the good workl!!!
From the Gryphon's Lair