Ancient Light Bulb, page 1
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reply posted on 16-12-2004 @ 01:55 AM by EvilSpallacus
i've done a bit of googling, and found that you are probably talking about the 'Dendera Light Bulb'.

this is from jcolavito.tripod.com...


DENDERA LIGHT BULB
Von Däniken claimed in Eyes of the Sphinx (1996) that the Dendera light bulb is located in a small, secret chamber that "can be accessed only through a small opening. The room has a low ceiling. The air is stale and laced with the smell of dried urine from the guards who occasionally use it as a urinal." However, contrary to his claims, the room is open to the public and is frequently visited by tourists.

Von Däniken then claims, "The walls of the crypt below Dendera celebrate a secret science: the knowledge of electricity." He then goes on to talk about "Pyramid Magic."

However, a closer inspection clearly shows that the "light-bulbs" are in fact something else entirely. The bulb is not a glass casing but is the bulb of the lotus flower, which is mythologically giving birth to the snake within. Another panel shows the bulb opening into a lotus blossom and the snake standing erect in the center as a representation of the god Horus.


home.wxs.nl...
this is an acrobat file of an illustration of the carving with the light bulbs in.

a chap named Erich Von Däniken seems to have done a lot of research into the Dendera light bulb.

www.daniken.com...

here is another site on the subject, which disagrees with Däniken's view
www.catchpenny.org...

Here is a site that is quite good too
www.doernenburg.alien.de...

Finally, here is a translation of the texts of Dendera
ourworld.compuserve.com...

hope this helped


reply posted on 16-12-2004 @ 08:22 PM by MemoryShock
www.crystalinks.com...

Found the link I was originally referring to....got some good arguements on the technical arguments and other technological aspirations(i.e. metallurgy, etc.)


reply posted on 16-12-2004 @ 10:51 PM by Chakotay
Originally posted by Byrd
There would have been a new technology that could create glass tubes as fragile as a whisper and they would have developed furnaces that would be capable of smelting metal (tungsten is hard to refine) and ways to make wire.


Wrong. I have handled delicate ancient Egyptian core-formed glass- as a glassblower, I stand in awe of the work they were capable of. To this day, Egyptian perfume bottles are some of the most delicate and beautiful works of art in the world. Any fan of bellydancing knows that the Egyptians ancient and modern are and were masters of the the art of drawing and working bronze and copper wire. Finally, tungsten is not needed for light bulbs- Edison, in fact, used charred bamboo. To draw a vacuum is not neccesary: you simply burn carbonaceous material (papyrus paper) as a 'getter' between the electrodes of your filament inside the glass bulb. The burning process uses up the available oxygen, leaving an inert atmosphere of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and noble gasses. Modern bulbs are filled with inert gasses in many cases. I did this as an experiment years ago. Insulation of wiring is still done in magnet wire by the simple application of shellac. So the answer to the question, 'Did bronze age Egyptians have the technology to produce lightbulbs?' is a resounding 'Yes!'. Did they do it? Maybe.
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