21-09-2002 08:31									#61
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Guynemer:

It's all fascinating, isn't it? I just wish we could get some solid answers because I think humanity's past is a mystery worth prying open to the glorious light of day.

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	21-09-2002 08:33									#62
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Another theory I heard of was that the massive base blocks of the Pyramids were laid long before the actual Pyramids were finished. IOW, the Egyptians came upon the partially-built (or knew of it) Pyramids and then finished them.

Heh. Too bad you can't carbon date stone.

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	21-09-2002 10:13									#63
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What the hell?!

I have always thought that the builders of the pyramids were common 'free farmers' working community service. They were not slaves nor some strange sort of professional builders but rather common citizens who were obligated to a few weeks at the pyramids during the time between the planting and sowing seasons. Every year, tens of thousands of them would work on the pyramids and return the next year and so on for about two decades when the pyramid would finally be completed. This would also force common people from the various areas of Egypt to work together in one spot for the Pharaoh, hastening the assimilation of Upper and Lower Egypts into one kingdom under the god-king. This would not have been accomplished with slaves or professional masons.

Was there any other theory besides this one?! I thought historians were all confident of this.


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	21-09-2002 17:17									#64
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quote: Another theory I heard of was that the massive base blocks of the Pyramids were laid long before the actual Pyramids were finished. IOW, the Egyptians came upon the partially-built (or knew of it) Pyramids and then finished them.

Theories like that are worth laugh only.
Unfortunatelly, except for Kolataj's theory, there's no other that has scientific bases and can't be overthrowned in any way. All other theories are either silly, or can't be true
because of technical reasons.