I thought about adding some information about plasma terra-forming to another one of my threads, but simply do not have enough information yet to do so. Thus, I am creating this one to see what people say and share ideas on this topic, specifically the Pyramids at Giza complex and how it could possibly relate to a large scale catastrophe which rendered the whole of Northern Africa desolate.

I would like to start with the proposition that the Sahara dunes are unnatural, I believe as a hunch that there is just way too much sand there to be accounted for just because of timeless erosion. It is practically all over the place in North Africa in basins. It would seem that generally, winds would move it towards one area or side of the continent. It does not appear this way.

I wonder if anyone has information on the possibility that the Pyramids at Giza were built to account for anything that happened there. I know that the geology includes some volcanism in the midst of the continent and this makes me wonder since the word pyramid means "fire in the middle/midst/within".

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I dont think so. Deserts are not an uncommon feature on Earth: Sahara just happen to be the biggest. Plus the whole of North Africa is clearly not desolate, many millions live there.

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What was the question again.

I think you were asking if the deserts of africa were not natural.
Yes and no, as the last period of galciation was in full swing, north africa was a temperate savanah, with the subsequent melting of the ice caps in the northern hemisphere, and the brakeing thru of the atlantic ocean past the pillars of hercules to fill the then dry mediteranian basin, there was a major shift in rainfall patterns.
Another reason for the advancing desert was the domestication of sheep and goats.

Sheep and goats are the bringer of deserts.

Originally posted by ben91069
I know that the geology includes some volcanism in the midst of the continent and this makes me wonder since the word pyramid means "fire in the middle/midst/within".

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Though i dont really have any thoughts on your theory i do have some interest in the volcanism of those area's. Both Africa and the Middle East are riddled with volcanos large and small and there is evidence for and accounts of many eruptions throughout those area's that date back thousands of years. There is a depiction of a volcanic event at Catalhoyuk from around 6500bc.

Originally posted by ben91069
the word pyramid means "fire in the middle/midst/within".

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Comments? Sure!

Where on Earth did you get that "pyramid" means "fire in the middle/midst/within"???

Are we just going to start making stuff up now? I mean, isn't there some other section of ATS for people that want to write fiction?

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