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re: Egyptian Rations

speaking of ancient Egypt. Have a question to the general population that perhaps better suited for a strange claims forum, or at least its own topic.

The more i read about ancient Egypt, and the more i read about ancient Egypt technology and methods, the less it seems that ancient Egyptians could build some of the things they are given credit for building... Give you an example of something, let's say the obelisks, I have read reports on various ways that scientist believe that they could build them. I just saw a Nat Geo program on it, where one more scientist decided to attempt to show how one can move that much rock, to make the quarrying of such an immense rock quicker then the older methods proposed, by heating up the cracks and then pouring water and then chipping away the loosened stone. I still can not see how one gets perfectly smooth sides and perfect 90 degree edges... have you ever tried to chip at even a softer rock with a big round boulder to get a perfect 90 degree, smooth edge? and then multiply it by like 20-30 meters, and really hard granite... Something just does not make sense. Another example are the sarcophagi made of grey granite, an even harder material, sometimes polished to a grade 4-5, perfectly flat, or even perfectly concentric, with edges so tight that no light gets inside the inner chamber after the lid's placement on top. And even more mystery causes a look i got at a picture of an unfinished lid...


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