AndTylerToo

Yes. Thats exactly what happened when Rome fell. All of that knowledge was long forgotten when the darkages came. So I think its very plausible that they had that knowledge and that it was just lost, as someone said earlier, in the fire at the library in Alexandria for example.

mkultra

I think the most realistic theory of the whole sphinx erosion thing is this one:

The head is much older than the base, and a long long time ago some ancient civilization carved a protruding chunk of rock poking out of the ground into a head. Later, the Egyptians re-carved it into their own sculpture and uncovered more of the stone and carved/built up the lion body underneath it. That explains why there are some parts, like the head, that have different weathering (including possible water related weathering) than other parts that aren't as old.

I saw a good clip on some other program about this theory once that had artist's renderings of the original head poking up when it was wetlands, then later the Egyptian's re-carving it and adding the body, then it being recovered by the sand (like it was found before they uncovered the body and started restoring it).

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mkultra

A lot of the outer casing from the pyramids makes up the older streets and buildings of Cairo. It was cheaper to go out and strip it off than to freshly qarry it, atleast until they became huge tourist attractions

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JJRousseau

On a related issue, has anyone ever read about the supposed properties of pyramids? That milk won't sour inside one, etc. Here in BC, one of our winemakers has built a scale model of one in which he ages his wines. His white wines are amazing, but his reds aren't... so the jury is still out as to the beneficial effect.

Bustello

I am more worried about the profecy that is written inside that pyramid that supposedly says that humanity will end pretty soon...

JJRousseau

Do you mean the Mayan calender? 2012. Still plenty of time.

crxforum

Here is what I think. The pyramids were made by the Eqyptians on their own. Maybe they had a method of mathematics that helped them in this. Most likely this is the case that a Pharoh or someone really wanted a pyramid to be made and all the mathamaticians had the duty of figureing out equations to make these tombs. If a whack of them spent all their lives working out these equations it makes sence that they got good at it and they made great structures.

The Sphinx is older than the Pyramids. It was once a lion. The Eqyptians changed the face on it for some reason or another. There is nothing special about this other than it is big and huge. It is just like the Easter Island heads that the Rapaniui (sp?) made. Like a god or something maybe.

Also I would like to let you all know that the area where the Pyramids are was not always desert. The Nile river used to be considerably wider than it is today. Also the sand was once fertile soil where people could easily farm. This land would be spread about 100KM from the banks of the Nile (which was about 10X wider then) to the area where the Pyramids were. So its not like this area was desert and nothing was going on around there other than buildig the pyramids.

crxforum

Oh I forgot to add that if you have been to Egypt, I have not, but if you have been there you will see that in the area surrounding the Great Pyramid you will see mounds all over the place where smaller 'test' versions were made. This was because they wanted to perfect the procedure of making a pyramid before they went all out and made the big ones. That is how they were able to make it so large and last so long.

Practice makes perfect.