[austechwriter] Re: OT How they build the Pyramids (Was Re: A ll About Indesign)
- From: Michael Edward Granat <megranat@xxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 14:29:24 +1000
Hi Peter (Sanders).
As I said, not the joins of cut stone but the line left by the contents
(geopolymer) of one block being poured into a timber form atop the other
and simply setting in place. No equipment of the time could have cut
anything that fine, or have lifted anything that large into place,
especially when working in a shifting sands base. (We couldn't even do it
the hard way now.)
Oddly enough, I think the same mob was contracted to build Melbourne's
Federation Square, the 110 million dollar camouflage jigsaw puzzle that
cost 470 million and nobody knows why it's there.
Much like the modern Victorians, the ancient Egyptians must have died out
paying for tollway passes and speed camera tickets to finance them.
(Venture deep enough into the secret passages of Federation Square, down to
the crypt at its base and you'll find a mummified John Cain. I don't think
he's actually dead yet. He's just always looked like that.)
When Pharaoh Bracksoteph finds out he got there first, he'll be furious.
Cheers,
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
At 16:21 22/8/2003 +0800, you wrote:
>FWIW I wanted to see for myself these supposedly fine joins (joints)
>between the blocks. I saw them first hand about 12years ago now. Was I
>IMPRESSED !!! The joins are just like a pencil line drawn on the wall. You
>CANNOT put your fingernail in the join, and I mean _ANY_ join! WOW that's
>accuracy :-)
>
>(maybe they were pencil lines <vbg>)
>
>Regards
>
>Peter
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