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Originally posted by undo
reply to post by dzonatas
and there's the other layers. as i mentioned, it isn't just an astronomy story and all the layers of it are equally important
what concerns me is when someone who claims to be initiated into the mysteries, defines the reason for not sharing knowledge with the "profane" as a decision made because the profane has been judged unworthy to have that knowledge. and that had they been better people, they would qualify for such knowledge. it sounds just like religion that requires work to receive heaven, but in this case heaven is replaced with enlightenment. if a similarity can be legitimately drawn in that instance, i'd be one depressed hombre
Here, the bible works very well as a way to break the egos of those that think they are more knowledgable than others, because the common people feel obligated to know what the self-acclaimed prophet knows
Originally posted by dzonatas
It's pretty obvious that the Xian pyramids aren't the same. The Xian pyramids look more strictly for military purposes and abandoned once the Great Wall was built.
The existence of pyramids in China has come in two stages. Most early stories were focused on the existence of "Great White Pyramid." A photograph of this pyramid in the Qinling mountains was taken by Americans in 1945, but remained in military files for 45 years. US Air Force pilot James Gaussman is said to have seen a white jewel-topped pyramid during a flight between India and China during World War II, but there is scant evidence for a source on this story.
However, it is now believed that the Gaussman story was actually based on Colonel Maurice Sheahan, Far Eastern director of Trans World Airlines, who told an eyewitness account of his encounter with a pyramid in the March 28, 1947 edition of The New York Times. A photo of Sheahan's pyramid appeared in The New York Sunday News on March 30, 1947. It is this photograph that later became attributed to James Gaussman.
t is now known, thanks to efforts of Chris Maier, that the particular pyramid shown in the photo is the Maoling Mausoleum. This pyramid sits just outside of Xi'an. In 1994, German tour operator and author Hartwig Hausdorf was noted for photographing and studying several pyramids.
The Great White Pyramid itself (rather than the photograph), as described by Sheahan, remains unidentified.
Originally posted by dzonatas
If it is a copy, then how long would it even take to build such an enormous mountain.
Originally posted by dzonatas
If you compare the sloughs that run down the sides, you'll notice they don't match. How is it that one picture has them and the other doesn't show any. One shows man-made ziggeraut like stacked rocks, boulders, and cuts, and the other shows more dirt and not in a ziggeraut formation.
Originally posted by undo
simple misunderstanding, methinks