Re: One of the greatest mysteries
Originally Posted by
Barry
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These monuments, like so many throughout the world, shouldn't have been possible with the technology available at the time, remembering that these were built in the bronze age with no advanced hardened tools.
There really does have to be another part to the equation, for e.g. let's not forget such things as the granite boxes in the Serapeum at Saqquara, we couldn't do that today with all the technology to hand... !
Barry, the technology required to produce those granite boxes is not at all difficult. Physically difficult ? Absolutely , yes. But not technologically difficult.
Example: if given thousands of laborers, I could easily create a perfectly flat stone foundation, (out of bedrock) that measures 10 hectares square. You may ask how ? Simple. I'd start by digging a shallow square trench in the bedrock and fill it with water. As you know, water seeks its own level. It is then only a matter of chipping away and polishing the bedrock stone within the square. Eventually, I'd end up with a precisely flat and level bedrock, that varied only a 1/100th of an inch out.
The same applies to the granite boxes at Saqquara. simply invert the box lid and pour water into the cavity. Now, all that needs to be done is to slowly chip away and polish the bottom so that the water is at a precise depth everywhere. Reinvert the lid and place it on the coffin.
In 2007 I visited Saqquara Serapeum. Difficult to achieve those boxes ? Yes. But not impossible.
Oh, and let us not believe those who would say it's impossible with todays technology. That is a myth created by people who make money writing about aliens.