the great pyramid which is accredited to Cheops... no one knows... as the glyph that was found in the upper vaults of the king's chamber which apparently was the royal cartoche of Cheops was a fake, (it appeared on its side i.e unheard of and miraculously the night before Vyes' archeological grant was about to run out)...

there are also no markings in the great pyramid which date their builders... the step or zosar which is thought to have come first, is actually a crude attempt to copy the original... imo

on the other hand, there is "mythological" evidence to suggest that the building was done with the help of the gods with priests using a technology unknown at the time, whereby they tapped the stones with a long staff and floated them into place.... now as far fetched as that sounds, consider the millions of dollars governemnts around the world are spending to recapture that very technology i.e. anti-gravity...

I'd also suggest the great pyramids were built BEFORE the flood to house the weights, measures and seeds that would be needed to restart civilization once the waters receeded..

this one is a timeless debate....

further the remark of "trusting archaeologists", let me relay a story... as a bit of a amateur archo myself, i've had occasion to speak with others while in the field... in one very controversial excavation being done for a skyscraper (it was though to be going on ancient burial grounds) an archaeological representative from the government was on hand... it was suggested he was there to stop the digging if they found anything... anyone who has followed these kinds of stories knows how long a building crew can be held up when they do find a bit of bone etc... afterwards over beers, the government rep suggested "i'm not here to tell you when you've uncovered something... i'm here to tell you what you've uncovered is nothing!" ... and so it goes....

Howdy Deesell

Probably not the local answer. This would have the Egyptians, taking out blocks of limestone, crushing them, making concrete, pouring them into mold, taking them out of molds, reshaping them into a variety of shapes then stacking them.

The advantage of concrete is the ability to pour it as large pieces, they didn't do so.

Take a close look at pictures of the limestone blocks used in the core - they are not similar.

Using a mold also leaves an impress from the wood - no such impressions are found.

It is a bit annoying isn't it? A search for a contact in Luxor has begun! I suspect it will either turn out to be anti-climatic or the information isn't being released as the paper behind the research hasn't been published yet.

Originally posted by Hanslune
It is a bit annoying isn't it? A search for a contact in Luxor has begun! I suspect it will either turn out to be anti-climatic or the information isn't being released as the paper behind the research hasn't been published yet.

that report was three years old

I find it very dubious in any event that a sarcophagus which was made for a dead woman a long time after the pyramid age would have instructions how to build them on it when it was designed to go into a tomb

but thats just because I understand the context
if I didn't I would probably claim "aha obviously this woman was one of the abductees who had been returned to Egypt many thousands of years after the Gizamids had been built and she told the carpernter how they were built because of her alien aquired knowledge shortly before she died

fits the facts doesn't it. not that in this case there really are any but that doesn't seem to normally matter when we're inventing pseudo history

You have to give credit where credit is due. The Hebrews built Egypt with their blood,sweat, and tears.

the hebrews didn't exist for the first 2/3 of the Egyptian civilisation
you've been watching the ten commandments haven't you

Ok Hanslun, my brain matter is in tatters now after reading thread. I would agree that the pyramids stand for a way greater thing that current populace cannot understand.

Originally posted by Allred5923
I mean look at christianity, started approx. 160 B.C.

are you sure about that date ?

whats your reasoning ?

The key to understanding the Giza pyramids is to resist the temptation to remove them from the context of the ancient Egyptian culture. They only become "mysterious" when taken out of context.

Christianity is based on the teachings of Christ
It has nothing to do with the old testament at all.

thats why the date now in christian countries is 2007

originally that meant it was 2007 years since the birth of christ in a double booked stable in bethlehem (yes I know about the - 5 bit thats why I said originally)

I thought the commonly agreed date of his birth was spring of 4 BC? But then I guess that is still being debated.

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