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- Subject: Re: The Great Pyramid of Giza
- From: rcf@netlink.cts.com (Bob Forsythe)
- Message-ID: <55HLuB1w165w@netlink.cts.com>
- References: <1992Nov20.193125.9183@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 07:27:51 PST
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- gpalo@digi.lonestar.org (Gerry Palo) writes:
- >
- > I should point out that one avenue that could keep it on track would be to
- > request hard data from the pyramids themselves. They can at least throw
- > light on the question, not resolved in some peoples minds, of just what was
- > required to build the pyramids, what they were built for, and whether or not
- > we could do it today if we had or wanted to.
- >
- >
-
- Ever been to the National Cathedral in D.C.? As I recall from
- reading about it in National Geographic some years ago, it is largely
- built of stone and kept a lot of stone masons occupied for several years.
- Stone masonry is a dying art because stone is not that easy to work with
- when compared to something like concrete. That does not suggest,
- however, that modern folks couldn't build in stone if they so desired;
- but why should we? Your suggestion that natural laws were somehow
- different 4500 years ago borders on the nonsensical. We can sit here all
- day and discuss how things *might* have been done, but without any
- evidence, I see no reason for it. There is a great deal of evidence the
- pyramids were used as tombs, including the inscriptions found on the
- pyramid walls. There is no evidence they were used for initiation rites.
- Consequently, your "science" does take on the air of "psuedo-science".
-
- -Bob
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