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Originally posted by TheLegend
reply to post by Harte
I broke it down into a lil story to help you:
Harte: "I don't see how it's related, forgive my small attention span."
Legend: "Well, the east/west parallel that crosses the most landmass and the north/south meridian that crosses the most land intersect in two places on the earth, one is the Great Pyramid."
Harte: "How is that possible to know when the Earth is a sphere?"
Legend: "Harte, you silly boy... www.e-education.psu.edu..."
Harte: "Man, you are blowing my MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!"
Legend: "Calm down, you'll be ok, It's called spherical geometry. With it we can then get a 2D image of a 3D sphere (in this situation, Earth): mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org... You see, there's multiple forms of geometry, not just 1 as you said."
Harte: "Holy...in all my years of faking being a geometry teacher, I never thunk it possible. I'm sorry for implying Youtube was a bad thing btw. I now realize it's just a medium of public information."
Legend: "Haha, that's ok, we all have our setbacks. *Looks at the camera* and you kids out there just remember, eat your fruits and stay in school! us.123rf.com..."
Note: This story is based on actual events (kinda). Names (AND FACTS) may have been changed in order to protect the identity of those involved (but not really). This story contains very graphic content (but not really). Viewer discretion is advised (if you're a toddler).edit on 1-3-2012 by TheLegend because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MasonicFantom
Originally posted by Harte
And you are developing a "renown" for ignoring certain facts that negate your claim of a Vyse forgery. To wit - nobody (at that time) knew the version of Khufu's name that Vyse found in the G.P. Ignore this, and sure, you can slander Vyse. But it is factual, so, sorry, but you are simply incorrect here.
The Westcar Papyrus discovered in 1823 contained Khufu's cartouche in Hieratic, 14 years before Vyse's "discovery" (1837).
Originally posted by MasonicFantom
If you mean Sitchen, then I see where you're getting your erroneous ideas.
You missed the point which is you're subscribing to Sitchin equivalents (aka egyptologists).
There's absolutely no evidence the ancient Egyptians built the GP. There's no physical evidence, written records of the GP constructing process, or even logical reason why they would invest decades of blood, sweat, tears, life, and an unimaginable amount of resources into constructing something in a desert which ultimately served no purpose--Khufu's tomb is not inside, there are no hieroglyphs, no treasures, and not even an entrance into it.
Originally posted by MasonicFantom
There's even impossible parts, like supposedly ferrying 70+ ton stones across the Nile (proven literally impossible to do using barges) and highly illogical parts, like 3.5 ft tall "passageways" (I'm sure the average Egyptian was not that short).
Originally posted by MasonicFantom
A bronze age people undertaking such a pointless (and sophisticated) feat is simply absurd.
Originally posted by TheLegend
This terribly misinformed individual has an excuse for everything, I bet there's a handbook for generating excuses (probably written by an Egyptologist).
There's hypocrisy in stating anyone is using an argument of incredulity when you yourself assert such a position (to make it worse, you also use false/unverified premises to make conclusions) and there's hypocrisy in accusing anyone of "arguing from a position of ignorance" when you are blatantly doing so. www.gizapyramid.com...
There's even impossible parts, like supposedly ferrying 70+ ton stones across the Nile
A bronze age people undertaking such a pointless (and sophisticated) feat is simply absurd.
Last I also checked, there is no proof of a NATURAL entrance, there's only one that was created by removing stones/excavating and another made using explosives.
After the Great Pyramid was initially sealed, it's original entrance was hidden and faced with smooth limestone. Because this blended in so well with the surrounding casing, the opening was invisible. Around 820 AD, Abdullah Al Mamun mobilized men to bore a tunnel into the pyramid to search for chambers and treasure. Due to the difficulty of the task of breaking up the hard rock, fires were built to heat the rock and then cold vinegar was poured over the heated rock. Battering rams were used to pound away the weakened rock and clear a tunnel. Eventually, a passageway was found which descended into the lowest chamber of the pyramid. Following this passageway back upward, the original entrance was finally located.
The height of both the ascending and descending passageways are only 1.2 meters. I'm sure you're a smart guy (being a "teacher" and all) and can calculate that into feet. It's common knowledge that the passageways are only 3.5-4 feet tall. You're also misinformed if you think any tomb was discovered. Last I checked, a "tomb" is a repository for deceased remains...and no such physical remains were found in the GP. Last I also checked, there is no proof of a NATURAL entrance, there's only one that was created by removing stones/excavating and another made using explosives. These are not official entrances. That is like taking a mountain, drilling a hole into it, then saying it's a natural entrance that has always been there. You clearly don't know anything about the physical Pyramids themselves (which I actually been to).
@the barge, it has never been shown how they could get 80+ ton stones across the Nile. No experiment has successfully replicated this using Egyptian technology. The only fact know is that an Egyptian barge could not sustain such weight.
There are chronicles on papyrus [2], where ships are listed, which transported sandstone blocks from the quarries of Gebel Silsila to the Ramesseum. Calculations [1] show, that five to seven stone blocks (of 1 to 5 tons) resulting in a total of 15 to 20 tons were loaded on each ship and that daily about 64 stone blocks arrived from the quarries. When Franz Löhner calculates that 69 stones arrived daily in Giza by ship from the quarries in Tura this is actually very realistic.
In your 3,000+ posts, try and find an example where you concede to being wrong. Otherwise it seems pretty clear you engage discussions with the preconceived notion you're correct.
You see, unlike you, if I don't know something, I don't post concerning that subject.
Originally posted by TheLegend
@your incredulity, there's no solid physical evidence the Egyptians built the Great Pyramids, yet you dismiss the AAH due to that same lack of evidence. There ya go.
Originally posted by TheLegend
@your ignorance, pick out any post of yours. However, I'm going to point out your ignorance in this post here too, so stay tuned.
@barges, you link a site of someone with no background (Franz Loehner) where the only information on him is found from HIS own site (and he apparently wrote a single, unsuccessful book). But the fun doesn't stop there. His barge theory derives from an amateur German AUTHOR (G. Goyon) who made NO attempt to prove his own theory and gives 0 scientific reference to how an "Egyptian barge could carry 40 tons" (because the only person who makes that claim IS him and with no experimentation done to prove that premise). You, yet again, are the equivalent of those who reference Sitchin or unknown people who grab "facts" from the air in attempt to find "evidence" to support your preconceived notions.
Originally posted by TheLegend
Here's another example of your inability to admit when you're wrong (+ you proved yourself wrong but don't even realize it, I'll point it out in #3 below): The passageway is only 3.5-4 feet tall. So, what do you do to prove it otherwise? You search for a single photo to show it's not, however:
#1) The site I referenced is an official site for the Great Pyramid (even according to your beloved Egyptologists).... www.gizapyramid.com...
#2) 3.bp.blogspot.com...
#3) The single pict you scrambled for was taken at the "upper part of the descending passageway" where they excavated/removed stones in order to create the "entrance" to the Pyramid (which you just quoted them doing above!).
www.gizapyramid.com... You're so focused on not being proven wrong that you're not even paying attention to the things you're stringing together anymore.
"(4) Ada Rutherford examining masonry in the upper part of the Descending Passage"
The History Channel seems to have an agenda. This shouldn't be all that shocking to most people interested in UFOlogy, as there usually is a peripheral knowledge of conspiracies intertwined within this field of research, yet the jagaloonery persists.
entire interview with L.A. Marzulli... vftb.net...
entire Guy Malone presentation... www.youtube.com...
edit on 4-3-2012 by BlackManINC because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MasonicFantom
Door swings both ways. Unfortunately everything is about $$ in the end.
Fantomedit on 4-3-2012 by MasonicFantom because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by MasonicFantom
Everything on TV is in order to make a profit. You can't use that as an argument for infallibility unless you apply it to everything, including mainstream hypotheses and TV shows (along with textbook writers who are equivalent to AAH proponents who also write books).
Originally posted by MasonicFantom
As far as editing goes, the news, documentaries and even scientific reports that go on TV are more often than not edited to support a specific agenda.
reply to post by Harte
please show your evidence that 70 tons of rock cannot be carried on a barge
Originally posted by TheLegend
I'll pretend to be a lawyer, let's see how well your "evidence" holds up in a court of law:
@Vyse, your claim "he knew Khufu's name before it was discovered" is factually incorrect. Khufu's name was witnessed 14 years prior to Vyse's discovery (Westcar Papyrus). So, is it possible Vyse, or someone he knew, looked it over? Yes.
Originally posted by OzTiger
The following, using two boats with a raft across, shows that it could (and was) done:
www.cheops-pyramide.ch...
Originally posted by Harte
Five minutes of checking would have indicated this to you.
Do you always shoot your mouth off without first considering the facts?