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I'm showing the difficulty in such a problem by bringing the construction of a pyramid to our advanced times.
The communication between the architect and logistical personnel and sculptors would have to be remarkable! I'm not an expert on Egyptian civilization, but the citizens of Egypt must have been a VERY educated peoples. They would have been so educated that they would have been building automobiles, light bulbs and everything else people of our time could.
I don't see it.
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by undo
So if I understand you correctly, human beings are incapable of doing even these most basic tasks for themselves> Life without machines was impossible? Here's the funny thing: no-one ever claims the Roman Coliseum, was built by aliens, yet it is infinitely more sophisticated than the pyramids and poses the same logistical problems. Why is that?
didn't say HUMAN beings couldn't do it. want to read what i wrote again? what i said was: the immensity and sophistication of such a massive undertaking, thousands of years ago, argues that if nothing else, there were very advanced humans living with normal humans. and by advanced i mean, like upgraded humans. and by upgraded i mean, not exactly human anymore.
in defense of the idea that it seems logistically impossible for people 6000 years ago, i offer the following:
Originally posted by DJW001
reply to post by DZAG Wright
I'm showing the difficulty in such a problem by bringing the construction of a pyramid to our advanced times.
The communication between the architect and logistical personnel and sculptors would have to be remarkable! I'm not an expert on Egyptian civilization, but the citizens of Egypt must have been a VERY educated peoples. They would have been so educated that they would have been building automobiles, light bulbs and everything else people of our time could.
I don't see it.
"Place wedge on rock face. Hit With hammer. Repeat." That's the principle instruction here. If the hammer hits the slave's head instead of the wedge, add: "Replace slave,"
"Pull! Pull harder, you dogs!" That would be another major item of communication. Whether they were pulling sledges or strapped curved segments to the blocks to turn them into wheels is a matter of debate, but the instructions are clear.
The surveyors, who would be members of the artisan caste, only needed to lay out lengths of rope to indicate where the rubble was to be piled. They didn't need to communicate anything but: "So high."
Obviously, the architect would specify what sort of carvings were required in any given location to the sculptors, presumably in consultation with priests. This could be done quite amicably over a few barley beers. Egyptian art was extremely formulaic and the session could consist of: "Give us a Nuit-Over-The-Double-Land motif on the ceiling and the usual supplicants running around the walls."
You don't get it because the ancient Egyptians were aliens. Not extra-terrestrials, just aliens. Their mentality was so different than ours that they might as well have been from another planet. Think: human anthill.
Originally posted by Anthony1138
DEBUNK:
... a complete and accurate reason of why there are pyramids, without up and assuming that aliens came to build them, seriously are you guys well?