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Old October 11th 11, 04:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.piloting
Thor Kuntelin
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Default Pyramidiots Emerge

On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 19:30:00 +0100, Keith Willshaw wrote:

Maybe they did. It wasn't a bunch of Chinese, Aztecs, Egyptians or,
for that matter, anyone today that could build, much less build in the
constraints of time that occurred, the pyramids of subject.


Except for the minor problem that we know that the blocks
of stone used to build the pyramids were worked with
stone and copper tools.


In fact attempts have been made to prove that the pyramid could be
constructed using the known ancient Egyptian tools and methods.
Egyptologist Mark Lehner has made an attempt with a large group of
people but failed to even create a 6 m scale model of the pyramid.

A Japanese team funded by Nissan made another attempt to create an 18 m
high scale model using the same primitive ancient Egyptian tools such
as chisels and hammers. The once so proud Japanese team returned home
disillusioned and embarrassed, since they had to use jackhammers to cut
the hard stone, only small blocks were carved from the quarry.

We call people who are stuck in the Age Of Pyramid Stupidity
"pyramidiots". If the (pyramid) point fits, wear it.
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