Howdy AC

It is hard to fault the believers of these things when they are only looking at skewed images; I myself was compelled by some of what I saw till I literally saw the bigger picture.

Hans: one can only fault their lack of curiosity and failure to look at the question from both sides

As far as the pyramids go and the many stones involved, wasn’t it discovered back in 2006 that some of the blocks may have been in fact a type of concrete block, or was that found not to be the case?

Hans: There have been several theories on it but so far they have all failed to gain acceptance. The last was by a gentleman with the thought provoking name of Barsoom. Breaking up limestone to make concrete – then form it back into blocks isn’t the best idea in the world plus close to the pyramids is the waste dump for the construction there. It is full of limestone shards and chunks-if they were using concrete it would have made sense to use that rubble for the concrete....they didn’t it would appear.

There is one ancient pyramid made almost entirely of concrete- I’ll let you guess where its at.

I am not that educated and much of what I know is from the fringe authors.

Much of what i read is about the Giza Pyramids ....

Originally posted by third_eye

but from what I gathered from the works of Robert Bauval , Graham Hancock et all .... Santillana's (sp?) Hamlets Mill .... the main problem seems to be most of the contents or studies is missed because it falls OUTSIDE of their field of expertise .... guess we cant fault them can we ?

They're scorned because they cherry pick a few examples and don't know much about the culture -- and can't actually read the writing. It's sort of like someone telling you all about the Japanese and their food and their culture... but the only thing this person ever studied was the Hello Kitty toys.

but not recognising that some things out of their field of expertise is irrelevant and therefore not worth a consideration is unforgivable don't you think ?

There has been (for at least 25 years) advanced degrees in "interdisciplinary studies.) I hold 1 1/2 degrees (currently finishing one) in interdisciplinary studies.

It is a less forgiving field than you're assuming because in order to evaluate my dissertation, I need to have an expert in medical anthropology review my work as well as a mathemetician and a linguist (all with PhD's) and an Information Scientist (PhD.) I have to be able to provide references such that I can satisfy deep questions from all of the above people and each aspect of my research has to satisfy all of them. In other words, the anthropologist and info scientist and linguists might miss a sloppy job on my work with Fuzzy Sets, but the mathemetician is going to hop all over me the minute I try to make any stupid conclusions with stupid math.

So you have to be able to prove your contention NOT to experts in a single field but multiple experts in multiple fields.

The "concrete" idea might pass muster with a few archaeologists who don't know much about the pyramids, but would fail mightily with most engineers and be laughed out of the building by any geologist with a specialty in Egyptian rock formations who actually examined samples of the material. It'll also fail with paleontologists who examine the microstructures. And it's a major "fail" for Egyptologists for many reasons.

It's like watching a miniature horse being entered in the Kentucky Derby and being told that the animal is worthy of racing against thoroughbreds and that the animal can win in spite of the fact that it's actually a dwarf.

[edit on 2-10-2009 by Byrd]

I don't know how many don't fit, but it's obvious dozens do. I find it fascinating.



[edit on 3-10-2009 by Sargoth]

I read an article once that argued that our ancestors were at least as intelligent as we are, albeit without our technology.

If they were brilliant observers of the universe and put their best minds and resources on it, then it seems possible.

Personally I don't find it coincidental that everything lines up as perfectly as it does in Giza.

I visited and climbed Chichen Itza a few years back and the precision and accuracy of those structures was mind-boggling.

I believe the ancients in Egypt possessed knowledge that may have been more advanced than we realize, and that said knowledge has been covered up and hidden over centuries. Notice how many esoteric and mystic societies trace their origins back to ancient Egypt.