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Originally posted by Arbitrageur
I wouldn't call it an 8 sided pyramid, just a 4 sided pyramid with indentations. That's an interesting photo.
Originally posted by 11118
The centers of the four sides are indented with an extraordinary degree of precision forming the only 8 sided pyramid. The effect is not visible from the ground or from a distance but only from the air, and then only under the proper lighting conditions.
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Which raises another question, why go through the trouble of making eight faces?
It was in hollow corner sections such as this, he claims, that the pyramid builders spun the blocks 90° – for the ascent of the next side – using a crane.
There are voices that express doubt about Houdin’s theories – speaking to The Engineer in 2007, University College London Egyptology professor David Jeffreys called his internal spiral hypothesis “far-fetched and horribly complicated”, while Oxford University Egyptology professor John Baines stated more broadly that he was “suspicious of any theory that seeks to explain only how the Great Pyramid was built.”
Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the SCA, revealed in an interview with Heritage Key that he was also sceptical. “The theory is completely wrong,” he commented. “We did investigate the theory and we, I wrote about it everywhere. The theory is the theory of other theorists. This Houdin wants to make his theory famous and that’s why he took Bob Brier to be with him as a co-author but really Bob Brier doesn’t know anything about pyramids. He’s a good guy, he knows about mummies, but pyramids are not his field.”
Originally posted by earthdude
reply to post by fredcall
No, I studied geology and things like this just do not occur naturally. It is very difficult to find a straight line or a perfect circle in any formation. I don't thing aliens had a hand in the building of this pyramid. There were too many human mistakes made in it's design and construction. I wish they would put the white limestone facing back on. It would again become one of the world's most elegant structures. I guess the facing was taken by locals for other projects because it would not have eroded so much.
The outer mantle was composed of 144,000 casing stones, all highly polished and flat to an accuracy of 1/100th of an inch, about 100 inches thick and weighing about 15 tons each.
Originally posted by InterconnecteD
The outer mantle was composed of 144,000 casing stones, all highly polished and flat to an accuracy of 1/100th of an inch, about 100 inches thick and weighing about 15 tons each.
Now this may just be a coincidence since i am not sure how these two things tie together but nevertheless 144 000 casing stones and the 144 000 people that are suppose to be saved according to the bible?
Originally posted by InterconnecteD
The outer mantle was composed of 144,000 casing stones, all highly polished and flat to an accuracy of 1/100th of an inch, about 100 inches thick and weighing about 15 tons each.
Now this may just be a coincidence since i am not sure how these two things tie together but nevertheless 144 000 casing stones and the 144 000 people that are suppose to be saved according to the bible?