[Strawbale] Ancient construction

[Mark Frazier]

I saw this guy on an PBS episode a few years back called "This Old  
Pyramid", in which
they tried their best to show how theories of pyramid construction  
were practical. The
big debates the ramp/drag method vs. the leverage/block incrementally  
method. They actually
built a small on the pyramid to test the hypothesis.

What they found of course was that both methods were needed. The  
subtle humour is the
best part of the show.

At one point they have this guy in there telling the Egyptologist his  
theory (french accent
included). And the Egyptologist simply says: "And how do you account  
for the all the chisel
marks on every side of every stone?"

And he replies:

"....<pregnant pause>... obviously, I still have some things to work  
out....".

Anyway, a quick google search turned up this rather thorough  
discussion of the
find:

http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=192604&highlight=Michel+Barsoum

And now back to strawbales.

On May 19, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Michel Wingard wrote:

> This is a facinating discovery that should lead to a
> lot of seculation and research.
> http://www.livescience.com/history/070518_bts_barsoum_pyramids.html
>
>
> "Silence is indefensible"
>
> Peace, Michel
> www.2dogdesign.net
>
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