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Originally posted by AngryCymraeg
No aliens. Just humans.
Originally posted by R0CR13
OK I'll say it Stargate
Originally posted by peashooter
Originally posted by mbkennel
If Ancient ET's had built them, they'd use power tools and reinforced steel rebar, and have conduits for electrical power and other technology systems. They don't.
edit on 28-5-2013 by mbkennel because: (no reason given)
Wow, I'd hate to shoot you down on this one but here it goes:
POWERTOOLS? LOL what are you going to plug it to? An outlet in the sand?
STEEL REBARS? Where are you going to get steel rebars in large quantities to put into solid rock which is clearly MORE stable than CONCRETE with rebars. You can't even put rebars in limestone.
I said if ancient ET's built them, you might see features clearly characteristic of advanced technology. Surely ancient ET would at least have bulldozers, crane and power saws, assuming they also had interstellar travel? Why haven't we found a tungsten carbide drill bit? Or a construction phaser rig?
Ancient ET's didn't build them. And we don't see any such evidence.
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Originally posted by AlienView
I said if ancient ET's built them, you might see features clearly characteristic of advanced technology. Surely ancient ET would at least have bulldozers, crane and power saws, assuming they also had interstellar travel? Why haven't we found a tungsten carbide drill bit? Or a construction phaser rig?
Ancient ET's didn't build them. And we don't see any such evidence.
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OK, by the same logic if the Egyptians had built them you would also see some advanced tools and cranes capable of putting rocks carved with an almost machine like precision neatly in place without damaging the carved rocks. When I see the old paradigm of the Egyptians rolling rocks weighing many tons on logs and then hosting them neatly in place with makeshift cranes I find it laughable.
And ET's would not have left technically advanced machinery around for the natives.
It takes a well organized mind to build a very symmetrical pyramid and equipment not apparently available to the Egyptians of that era to complete the construction.
Thousands of sweating workers whether paid or slaves did not push the pyramids together through simple manual labor.
Some thing is missing. I offer the alien hypothesis but must admit there is now surfacing in an archaeological site in Turkey evidence of an advanced culture [probably human] that pre-dates what we call Ancient Egypt by thousands of years. And the theory that the main pyramid at Giza and the Sphinx are much older and where probably constructed by an earlier civilization has been around for awhile.
What I have been told about the archaeological dig in Turkey seems to be confirming this civilization. And as to whether there is any tie-in between them and aliens at this point can not be considered. On the other hand, and as has been pointed out in this thread, Egyptian Mythology is full of references to beings from other worlds with powers not of this world. Is this only a Mythological fiction or based upon contact with a real alien race?edit on 31-5-2013 by AlienView because: (no reason given)
I said if ancient ET's built them, you might see features clearly characteristic of advanced technology. Surely ancient ET would at least have bulldozers, crane and power saws, assuming they also had interstellar travel? Why haven't we found a tungsten carbide drill bit? Or a construction phaser rig?
Not a single chip from a saw blade? Why no titanium-nitride dust in the drill holes? Why no epoxy anywhere? Why no evidence of workmanship marks from power tools of any form? Why no rebar? Why no evidence of any unique high-technology building construction material or technique which was NOT used by Egyptians in other settings?
Originally posted by peashooter
reply to post by mbkennel
Quoting your comment:
Not a single chip from a saw blade? Why no titanium-nitride dust in the drill holes? Why no epoxy anywhere? Why no evidence of workmanship marks from power tools of any form? Why no rebar? Why no evidence of any unique high-technology building construction material or technique which was NOT used by Egyptians in other settings?
Let me first say: It is UNCERTAIN whether or not aliens had a hand in the pyramids, all we know is that most experts agree that all the current construction methods (suggested using tools available at the time) are VERY unlikely.
I may be wrong, but if an advanced alien race can travel galaxies to reach us, piling a bunch of rocks to say "we aliens were here" would not even be much of an effort to them. Thousands of years could be nothing to them, we don't even know.
The absence of these marks/tools goes against what you said because you're right, where are these marks if humans built them? This is why most of the hypothesis today are unlikely.
Most of the questions you have asked is in this thread if you just take the time to read it. Saws? we're talking about thousands of years before christ, just to make saws would take a lot of effort. You make saws from metals which you'll have to find and sharpen into a saw hard enough to cut rock. Rebars? Those are added to CONCRETE to strengthen the structure. When you have giant solid rock blocks you do not need anything to strengthen it, and how will they make rebars? The most secure structure is one you make from solid rock, not concrete with rebars. That is exactly why the Great Pyramids are still standing today.
I'd like to believe that we have lost touch with an ancient human race, with amazing architectural capabilities who helped with the construction of the pyramids.
Point being I have the same issue and could invert your statement coming to the same conclusion as to the Egyptians of the era - Where is the construction equipment they used? I will not buy a chisel, a bunch of logs and some make shift rigging as being capable of the construction involved. Even if it is possible as some books and documentaries have tried to demonstrate, I still say it is not probable. And the logic of either another civilization and/or alien involvement is more acceptable to me and apparently to others who have made comments agreeing with my view and I have been impressed by the evidence they have presented. Proof as to who is correct however is lacking and we will have to wait for the day when time travel [if ever possible] becomes available so we can go back and see it for ourselves.
Originally posted by mbkennel
reply to post by jheherrin
By the way, the Great Pyramids of Egypt in their original condition were made of marble.
What we see today---the rough stone stepped surface---is the consequence of a few hundred years of medieval looting.
They used to be covered with smooth, and exceptionally well polished white marble. The capstone was the best part, and often gold plated. Now they're gone.
They shone with intense brilliance for many miles around.
That's why they were a wonder of the ancient world, and much much more literally awesome than they look today. And 100% human made.
Even if made today from modern technology, they would still be very, very, awesome. Like a Saturn V plated in indium-platnium.
Would Pharoah be satisfied by a mere rock pile like those barbarian Aztecs to come a few thousand years later? Heck no.
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where's the evidence Ancient Egyptians built them
Originally posted by Welby
where's the evidence Ancient Egyptians built them
Yes indeed Peashooter. And I'm not going to believe this "Theory" as it seems unlikely. There is very poor evidence for this. However, I fully appreciate Aliens and/or another advanced civilisation building or help building the Great pyramid is also not strong. Notwithstanding, it is a dame site stronger that the former, separate from the fact most would not entertain this given their world view.
Originally posted by dragonridr
Originally posted by Welby
where's the evidence Ancient Egyptians built them
Yes indeed Peashooter. And I'm not going to believe this "Theory" as it seems unlikely. There is very poor evidence for this. However, I fully appreciate Aliens and/or another advanced civilisation building or help building the Great pyramid is also not strong. Notwithstanding, it is a dame site stronger that the former, separate from the fact most would not entertain this given their world view.
We think we know how they did it and theres evidence they are right. If your truly interested in how the egyptians built the pyramid watch this video.
Originally posted by peashooter
Let me first say: It is UNCERTAIN whether or not aliens had a hand in the pyramids,
Originally posted by peashooter
all we know is that most experts agree that all the current construction methods (suggested using tools available at the time) are VERY unlikely.
However, one piece of evidence for it has surfaced. In 1986 a French survey team did a micro-gravimetric analysis of the structure. Not included in their final report, but clearly visible in some unpublished plottings, is a spiral feature in the right place.[35] Houdin believes his theory will soon be proved or disproved by one of a number of well-understood techniques, even infrared photography of the pyramid cooling in the evening.[36] Houdin has another hypothesis developed from his architectural model, one that could finally explain the internal "Grand Gallery" chamber that otherwise appears to have little purpose. He believes the gallery acted as a trolley chute/guide for counterbalance weights. It enabled the raising of the five 60 ton granite beams that roof the King's Chamber. Some observers claim to be able to see wear-marks in the right places, and Houdin postulates that other puzzling features are actually fixings for wear-strips.[citation needed] Houdin and Brier and the Dassault team are already credited with proving for the first time that cracks in beams appeared during construction, were examined and tested at the time and declared relatively harmless.