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originally posted by: VigiliaProcuratio
I know the title sounds like a joke, but look at this...
'nuff said, I think. Dunno.
originally posted by: rickymouse
Doesn't that mean "caution turtle crossing"?
originally posted by: VigiliaProcuratio
I know the title sounds like a joke, but look at this...
'nuff said, I think. Dunno.
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originally posted by: flice
I'll help you rephrase your own question.... the title of the thread.
"Is it possible that those who wrote Star Trek was inspired by egyptology???!!" *omgzorz*
Being inspired by ancient civilisations when it comes to fictional space stories, is quite normal. That's not the point, though. What I'm seeing is, as AnuTyr put it... a key. I think this picture might help to explain the true purpose of those “machines” - it's all about hydrolysis. The sun grows barley, which is ploughed and then put inside the pyramid... then salt water is pumped into it and the sun shines through a thin tunnel so that the heat warms up the saline solution or possibly sets the grass alight. It wasn't just a power plant, but also a factory. Think about this; what would one extract from barley after putting it through sufficient hydrolysis? Auxins maybe?
originally posted by: VigiliaProcuratio
[align=justify]Being inspired by ancient civilisations when it comes to fictional space stories, is quite normal. That's not the point, though. What I'm seeing is, as AnuTyr put it... a key. I think this picture might help to explain the true purpose of those “machines” - it's all about hydrolysis.
The sun grows barley, which is ploughed and then put inside the pyramid... then salt water is pumped into it and the sun shines through a thin tunnel so that the heat warms up the saline solution or possibly sets the grass alight. It wasn't just a power plant, but also a factory.
What exactly is the evidence for any of this? And are you implying that the writers of Star Trek have some secret knowledge of the Egyptians that Archaeologists and Egyptologists are unwilling to share with the world?
Barley isn't plowed, it's harvested. The fields are plowed prior to planting of grain.
Also, what is the tie in with the Hebrew month of Tammuz?
Now look at that picture again. You see the axle made from what I can only assume to be either the horns or the pelvis of an ox? Beech... a very tall tree, possibly used to form a long beam pulled by multiple oxen. Shore is also plural for shear, and one might shear the long barley grass. Much of the agriculture in Egypt took place on the banks, or shores, of the Nile River. Navel might relate to a part of the wheel on a carronade, which could historically be linked to a device pulled by oxen. Navel is also a cut of beef from the flank, and flank itself can mean “to turn” or “to lead” (which a pulley might do). Flank may also mean “to the side”, like a “wing” and “aisle” also fits that description. Now then... is אסל Hebrew for aisle? Well, it does translate to “yoke”, and what's one of those? Yep, a pair of oxen bowed together or even “the amount of land ploughed by oxen in a day”. It can also mean “to be enslaved”. Yikes.
originally posted by: VigiliaProcuratio
a reply to: peter vlar
Actually, is that picture even from Star Trek or did somebody just change it? I have no idea, so I cannot imply anything in that respect.
The proper Klingon insignia is interesting for sure but in this case there is a pyramid and what looks to me like Hebrew.
True, so let's assume that it is “sheared”. See my below translations which support that notion.
Tammuz means July
and that month has long been associated with both Osiris and Sirius. July was the month of the inundation, which is probably held in great importance because it represents fertility.
Now please don't mind me while I delve into Hebrew... again.
אשר - Asher (associated with trees)
אשור - Assyria, beech
שור - Ox
שעורה - barley - pronounced s‘ora, which could mean...
שורא - pulley, axle, navel, river bank, shore, rampart
Now look at that picture again. You see the axle made from what I can only assume to be either the horns or the pelvis of an ox? Beech... a very tall tree, possibly used to form a long beam pulled by multiple oxen. Shore is also plural for shear, and one might shear the long barley grass. Much of the agriculture in Egypt took place on the banks, or shores, of the Nile River. Navel might relate to a part of the wheel on a carronade, which could historically be linked to a device pulled by oxen. Navel is also a cut of beef from the flank, and flank itself can mean “to turn” or “to lead” (which a pulley might do). Flank may also mean “to the side”, like a “wing” and “aisle” also fits that description. Now then... is אסל Hebrew for aisle? Well, it does translate to “yoke”, and what's one of those? Yep, a pair of oxen bowed together or even “the amount of land ploughed by oxen in a day”. It can also mean “to be enslaved”. Yikes.[/align]
As interesting as it appears, it's still heavy on conjecture when you use a lot of qualifiers such as "I can only assume" , "one might" , "is probably" , "what looks like to me" , "probably represents" etc...
I still haven't seen anything that supports your assertion that the GP was a machine or factory utilized for hydrolysis so if that's the basis for your thesis, why not support it with facts and citations? I'm not trying to bust your balls but the entirety of the OP consists of a picture of unknown origin, some conjecture regarding the Klingon script actually being Hebrew and a novel interpretation attempting to tie it into the GP using Hebrew that didn't exist until millennia after the GP was built and over 1000 years after the last pyramid was constructed in Egypt. It just seems like a really huge stretch of the imagination. An interesting one and something new that I haven't seen previously so I'll give credit where it's due, but still heavy on conjecture and light on supporting facts. Just my take on it.
So where does the picture actually originate then?
But it doesn't actually. The month of Tammuz is a 29 day month analogous to what would currently be mid june to mid july.
As interesting as it appears, it's still heavy on conjecture when you use a lot of qualifiers such as "I can only assume" , "one might" , "is probably" , "what looks like to me" , "probably represents" etc...
I still haven't seen anything that supports your assertion that the GP was a machine or factory utilized for hydrolysis so if that's the basis for your thesis, why not support it with facts and citations?
I'm not trying to bust your balls but the entirety of the OP consists of a picture of unknown origin, some conjecture regarding the Klingon script actually being Hebrew and a novel interpretation attempting to tie it into the GP using Hebrew that didn't exist until millennia after the GP was built and over 1000 years after the last pyramid was constructed in Egypt.
It just seems like a really huge stretch of the imagination. An interesting one and something new that I haven't seen previously so I'll give credit where it's due, but still heavy on conjecture and light on supporting facts. Just my take on it.