Heh...I was re-watching the old Robert Taylor movie, "Valley of the Kings" just this afternoon, and the secret of Rahotep's pyramid was solved with a hidden room, too! Unfortunately, that secret was just proof of the biblical impact Joseph had on the Egytian ruler's conversion to monotheism, rather than the more enduring mystery of the pyramid's actual construction process.
Blog in 2700 AD; Come on. How else could 21st century engineers disassemble something that big and move it to Baghdad, unless they used hydraulics? I mean, according to grooves in the ground, we assume there was lots more water then and why would they slide blocks on ice ... they would have had more to do trying to raise enough food and stay warm as the ice age began.
So they built it from the inside out....seems plausible, even likely. But did they build it from the top down?
ReplyDeleteHeh...I was re-watching the old Robert Taylor movie, "Valley of the Kings" just this afternoon, and the secret of Rahotep's pyramid was solved with a hidden room, too! Unfortunately, that secret was just proof of the biblical impact Joseph had on the Egytian ruler's conversion to monotheism, rather than the more enduring mystery of the pyramid's actual construction process.
ReplyDeleteHey, neat. I love those ancient engineering problems.
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ReplyDeleteAnd a horizontal angel.
ReplyDeleteBlog in 2700 AD; Come on. How else could 21st century engineers disassemble something that big and move it to Baghdad, unless they used hydraulics? I mean, according to grooves in the ground, we assume there was lots more water then and why would they slide blocks on ice ... they would have had more to do trying to raise enough food and stay warm as the ice age began.
ReplyDeleteWe *all* need a horizontal angel!
ReplyDeletehttp://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081114-pyramid-room.html?source=rss
ReplyDeleteThis from Jean-Pierre Houdin:
ReplyDeleteDear All,
I have the pleasure to inform you that Shemsu Sesen, alias Keith Payne, has started a story about the Inside-out theory on his blog Em Hotep!
This story will be told through several episodes which will be published this fall and winter.
http://emhotep.net/
Introduction:
Part One:
http://emhotep.net/
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