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| New theory on how Pyramids were built | |
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| CJ | Jan 12 2014, 10:43 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/uk-engineer-gives-new-theory-on-how-pyramids-were-built/article5570483.ece Ancient Egyptians created pyramids by piling up rubble on the inside and attaching bricks on the outside later, according to a new theory proposed by a British engineer. Peter James, an engineer at Cintec International in Newport, South Wales, has stunned archaeologists by claiming their theories on how pyramids were built are wrong. According to the currently accepted belief, pyramids were built with giant blocks carried up huge ramps. James said such a thing would be impossible as the ramps would have had to have been at least a quarter of a mile long to get the right angle for the bricks to be taken to such great heights, ‘Mirror Online’ reported. “Under the current theories, to lay the two million stone blocks required the Egyptians would had to have laid a large block once every three minutes on long ramps,” said Mr. James, who has spent the past 20 years studying pyramids. I have to admit, I prefer to believe the commonly-accepted theory, if only because it would be more impressive if they were built that way. Still, it'll be interesting to see whether this new theory supplants the currently-accepted one, or someone else comes up with a rebuttal. |
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| Hedgehog121 | Jan 13 2014, 12:36 AM Post #2 |
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Aliens. It has to be aliens e_E |
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| Michelle | Jan 13 2014, 03:29 AM Post #3 |
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![]() But really... I like this theory. It explains a lot. Edited by Michelle, Jan 13 2014, 03:30 AM.
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| CJ | Jan 13 2014, 05:34 PM Post #4 |
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Aliens? I think that maybe the (UN) put them there.
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| January | Jan 13 2014, 08:32 PM Post #5 |
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It's like what Louis C.K. said, "How did the pyramids get built? Easy, they just threw human suffering at it until it was done." |
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| CJ | Jan 13 2014, 08:34 PM Post #6 |
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lol, in truth, that's probably what they did do . |
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| Candyguitar | Jan 14 2014, 04:05 PM Post #7 |
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This engineer's new theory does make more sense to me than the currently accepted one, considering his criticisms of it. |
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| Giselle | Jan 23 2014, 02:21 AM Post #8 |
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Human suffering? I would be proud to build a pyramid in honor of the Great Pharaoh. I would gladly die for my country
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