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originally posted by: Triton1128
Its stated that it took 100,000 slaves/workers, 20 years to build the great pyramid.
Its estimated that the pyramid contains 2,300,000 blocks. Ranging from 3 - 50 tons each.
That means, working around the clock, they would need to remove the stone from the quarry's, transport, lift, and set 315 blocks a day.
So taking into consideration that it would take 150 hours to cut 1 meter into a slab. Then you're already 6 days behind on the FIRST block and its still sitting in the quarry.
* keep in mind, some individuals sole responsibility is to side track and derail topics that are on point. It doesn't take a genius to realize that some feats, in our past, were simply impossible according to what we know. Similarities of construction within these huge monolithic sites. From Easter Island, to South America, Asia, India, Old Sumeria ( present day Iraq ) all have much in common. Someone, or something was able to communicate around the globe and it wasn't Kufu on a chariot swinging around a copper Khopesh.
The 'Inventory stella' - Found at Ghiza by Auguste Mariette in the 1850's, in the ruins of the Temple of Isis clearly states that Khufu restored the Sphinx. This stone provides some of the strongest evidence that the Sphinx was constructed before Khufu and not by him.
It says: Long live The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Khufu, given life He found the house of Isis, Mistress of the Pyramid, by the side of the hollow of Hwran (The Sphinx) and he built his pyramid beside the temple of this goddess and he built a pyramid for the King's daughter Henutsen beside this temple.
The place of Hwran Horemakhet is on the South side of the House of Isis, Mistress of the pyramid He restored the statue, all covered in painting, of the guardian of the atmosphere, who guides the winds with his gaze.
He replaced the back part of the Nemes head-dress, which was missing with gilded stone The figure of this God, cut in stone, is solid and will last to eternity, keeping its face looking always to the East '(10).
...Which implies that the Sphinx (and a temple to Isis), were extant before Khufu... While it is believed by traditional Egyptologists that this stella was carved in the 26th dynasty (664-524 BC), the reason why the statement that Khufu restored it is ignored by modern Egyptologists is a mystery, as the other information on it is regarded by the same people as historical fact.
The 'Dream Stela of Thutmosis IV, who also restored the Sphinx. In fact, the French Egyptologist and Director General of Excavations and Antiquities for the Egyptian government, Gaston Maspero, who surveyed the Sphinx in the 1920s asserted that:
'The Sphinx stela shows, in line thirteen, the cartouche of Khephren. I believe that to indicate an excavation carried out by that prince, following which, the almost certain proof that the Sphinx was already buried in sand by the time of Khafre and his predecessors'. (5)
originally posted by: Triton1128
Puma Punku is another great example : The below stones are Diorite. Toughness 2.1 Just below Fresh Basalt. This site, NOT to be confused with tiahuanaco, which was settled adjacent to Puma Punku around 1000 BC.
Puma Punku is dated to be 14,000 years old.
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Diorite Puma Punku design
So mystery solved. Apparently they had CAD and diamond tipped drill bits and saws well before the pyramids
Fun Fact : Puma Punku is located at an altitude of 12,800 feet, which means it is located above the natural tree line, this means NO trees grew in that area which means that no trees were cut down in order to use wooden rollers, the question is how did they transport the stones? The closest quarries were over 60 miles away.
One of the most important archaeological artifacts ever discovered in Tiahuanaco or Puma Punku is the famous Fuente Magna Bowl.
Fuente Magna Bowl
Which has, what looks like, Sumerian Sand-script on it. Sand script used 12,000 years ago, 12,566 km away..
originally posted by: AnuTyr
The statement comes from egyptologists, Who were ASSUMEING ( remeber assuming makes and Ass-of-u-and-me, As the saying goes my friend lol) Because Thutmosis wrote a Stela and left it front of the Sphinx.
So they draw up the obvious conclusion OH Since Thutmosis made the Stela ! And mentions a Kafre ! He must of build that gynormous pyramid sitting behind him! And the Sphinx too! /facepalm Cuz kafre Ruled for 20 years! so he must of built the pyramid in 20 years! ??????????????? What?
How do Egyptologists jump to that conclusion? Did they even read the Stella?
originally posted by: Triton1128
The writing on the Fuente Magna Bowl compares with the writing of the Libyco-Berberused used in the Sahara 7000 years ago. This writing was used by the Proto-Dravidians (of the Indus Valley), Proto-Mande , Proto-Elamites and Proto-Sumerians.
These people formerly lived in Middle Africa, until the extensive desertification of the Sahara,which began after 3500 BC.
originally posted by: Triton1128There are also Sumerian, FinnUgor and Iranic myths that speak of the freezing of the old homelands which occurred around 10,000BC.
originally posted by: Triton1128Then we have Gobekli Tepe, which radiocarbon dating places the construction of these early circles in the range of 9600 to 8800 BC. Its located North of the Euphrates River, in what you would classify as North-West Mesopotamia.
originally posted by: Triton1128So lets not pretend that this part of the world was not populated during that time period. The question is, how did this bowl with Sumerian cuneiform writing on it. Appear 12,000km away in Bolivia.
Sure, if you want to call Turkey "Northwest Mesopotamia."
By those standards, Europe also constitutes part of "Northwest Mesopotamia."
originally posted by: Triton1128
Sure, if you want to call Turkey "Northwest Mesopotamia."
By those standards, Europe also constitutes part of "Northwest Mesopotamia."
Not all of Europe is still between the tigris and Euphrates . Silly..
originally posted by: AthlonSavage
Below is a pict of someone using manual means to cut through an ordinary piece of stone. You can see the quality in perfections in the line which is being cause because the tools blade underforce isn't travelling a completely straight path. The Ops pictures of cuts in the granite appear as straight lines and observe how crisp and parallel the edges are indicates that the blade was held completely steady.
Im siding with the Op on this one, but for any those with counter views if you can show some contemporary photos of people using manual methods to make the same perfect cuts I will be convinced otherwise.
originally posted by: Harte
originally posted by: Triton1128
Sure, if you want to call Turkey "Northwest Mesopotamia."
By those standards, Europe also constitutes part of "Northwest Mesopotamia."
Not all of Europe is still between the tigris and Euphrates . Silly..
None of Gobekli Tepe is between the Tigris and Euphrates.
Harte