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- From: gpalo@digi.lonestar.org (Gerry Palo)
- Newsgroups: sci.archaeology
- Subject: Re: The Great Pyramid of Giza
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.152257.13322@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 15:22:57 GMT
- References: <Bxyq15.6zL@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Nov19.143827.12305@spectrum.xerox.com> <1992Nov20.085557.26808@reed.edu>
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- n article <1992Nov20.085557.26808@reed.edu> odlin@reed.edu (Iain Odlin) writes:
- >>In response to Zerxes M. Bhagalia (v064lnev@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu):
- >>"Next, a fine cement was then run into these joints
- >>so expertly as to give an even coverage of areas as big as five feet by seven"
- >
- > If, as you stated earlier in your article, the blocks fit "exactly" with one
- > another (some have even gone so far as to insist you couldn't put a piece
- > of paper between two blocks), how in the name of God do you pour cement be-
- > tween them? You couldn't even pour *water* between them. I don't care how
- > fine the cement is...
-
- I agree. Zerxes, this requires clarification. I have read these claims and
- been impressed by them, but I've never seen a first hand detailed explanation
- of the joining and cementing, which would certainly have to deal with this.
-
-
- >>"And lastly, though archeologists all consider the pyramid
- >>to be a tomb, not one corpse has ever been found within the structure, nor is
- >>there any evidence to indicate that their ever were"
- >
- > [Iain silently beats his head against a brick wall.]
- >
- > There's plenty of evidence, and it's available to the public. If you're so
- > inclined, you can go look it up as opposed to being spoon-fed misinformation
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > based on inaccurate (or no) research from hopefuls or crackpots who cannot
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > let go of their alien fetishes. [A marvellous example is a "scientist"
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > who insisted that the blocks of the pyramids were poured in place (using
- > some cement unknown to us) because he found a butterfly trapped in one.
- > The fact that the blocks are fossil-bearing limestone never entered the pic-
- > ture, of course...]
- >
- > Now, if I could figure out why I keep bothering to address this "question",
- > I'd be money ahead...
-
- I have read the opposite, that the only evidence ever found were empty stone
- coffin structures with no material evidence that they were used for burial of
- a corpse. Because the ancient mystery rites in both hemispheres often involved
- taking the neophant through a process of mystic death that actually involved
- placing him in a tomb, the mere presence of a stone sarcophagus type structure
- leaves open the question as to what it was used for.
-
- >> you can go look it up
-
- This is the lazy taunt that characterizes all of us. We are all quoting from what
- we remember reading somewhere. The problem is that no one takes his adversary's
- arguments seriously enough to provide a specific citation. Iain, if there is
- plenty of evidence available to the public, then give us a quote or two. Likewise,
- Zerxes, do you know of a summary of dissenting scholarly opinion that points out
- the inconsistencies in the case for the pyramids being tombs? I'm just as guilty
- as the rest. We all have our work to do. But any concrete evidence would be
- a much bigger help than simply assertions. I have a secondary source or two and
- will see if I can come up with anything.
-
- > Crackpots....alien fetishes
-
- I do not believe in aliens, but I don't accept the conventional hypotheses either.
- Tarring everyone who disagrees with you with the opinions of your own selected
- and unnamed "crackpots" is a cheap shot. As for those who do believe in aliens
- having fetishes, are you perhaps a qualified psychiatrist, and have you examined
- the individuals to be able to make such an evaluation.
-
- > Now, if I could figure out why I keep bothering to address this "question",
- > I'd be money ahead...
-
- Indeed.
-
- Now, can anyone here throw some specific light on the technical aspects of the
- joining and cementing of the blocks? Those who contend that the question is not
- worth discussing need not reply.
-
- Gerry Palo (73237.2006@compuserve.com)
-