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- From: odlin@reed.edu (Iain Odlin)
- Newsgroups: sci.archaeology
- Subject: Re: The Great Pyramid of Giza
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.085557.26808@reed.edu>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 08:55:57 GMT
- Article-I.D.: reed.1992Nov20.085557.26808
- References: <Bxyq15.6zL@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Nov19.143827.12305@spectrum.xerox.com>
- Organization: The Stuffed Animal Trauma Team (We're Trained Professionals)
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- >In response to Zerxes M. Bhagalia (v064lnev@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu):
- >"Next, a fine cement was then run into these joints
- >so expertly as to give an even coverage of areas as big as five feet by seven"
-
- If, as you stated earlier in your article, the blocks fit "exactly" with one
- another (some have even gone so far as to insist you couldn't put a piece
- of paper between two blocks), how in the name of God do you pour cement be-
- tween them? You couldn't even pour *water* between them. I don't care how
- fine the cement is...
- >"And lastly, though archeologists all consider the pyramid
- >to be a tomb, not one corpse has ever been found within the structure, nor is
- >there any evidence to indicate that their ever were"
-
- [Iain silently beats his head against a brick wall.]
-
- There's plenty of evidence, and it's available to the public. If you're so
- inclined, you can go look it up as opposed to being spoon-fed misinformation
- based on inaccurate (or no) research from hopefuls or crackpots who cannot
- let go of their alien fetishes. [A marvellous example is a "scientist"
- who insisted that the blocks of the pyramids were poured in place (using
- some cement unknown to us) because he found a butterfly trapped in one.
- The fact that the blocks are fossil-bearing limestone never entered the pic-
- ture, of course...]
-
- Now, if I could figure out why I keep bothering to address this "question",
- I'd be money ahead...
- --
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