The Dendera 'Light bulb'

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At it's most basic it would be necessary as a tool to illuminate tight indoor spaces, much like inside temples or pyramids, to see to chisel inscriptions?
Question is what kind of battery would it use?

I would have imagined something like the Baghdad Battery but he said no direct current. Some sort of charged capacitor maybe. It was all a bit convoluted for me when it came to the power source.

[sahgwa]

I would have imagined something like the Baghdad Battery but he said no direct current. Some sort of charged capacitor maybe. It was all a bit convoluted for me when it came to the power source.

The whole concept PERHAPS necessitates rethinking the dogma of current electricity generation and thinking more in line with 'Tesla' scalar concepts and use of so called zero point energy.  Which is why something so simple as an inscription PERHAPS has huge implications, leading PERHAPS to the huge reticence to think outside the box and the rush to 'DEBUNK'

[BeyondKnowledge]

At it's most basic it would be necessary as a tool to illuminate tight indoor spaces, much like inside temples or pyramids, to see to chisel inscriptions?
Question is what kind of battery would it use?

A bank of Baghdad batteries. The voltage could have been high enough with enough batteries. Alternately a electrostatic generator could power such a bulb. The limit would be the quality of the insulation used in such a device. They would have to know how to keep it from arcing or shorting out.

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

I am sure most of us here are familiar with the carvings at the temple of Dendera in Egypt that seem to show a human figure holding a giant tube with what looks like a snake in it.

[Image: https://denyignorance.com/uploader/images/bulb.png]

Some fanciful explanations have been put forth for explaining what these people were trying to portray.
My favourite which I heard from ol Whitley Strieber was ' a soul vacuum' for the gods or other humans, or maybe unscrupulous magicians to steal peoples souls or control them.

The more common interpretation of the glyph in esoteric circles is that of a light bulb, for illumination.

It just so happens that there was a recent Dreamland show, which illustrates this is a topic Mr Streiber weas still interested in years later, with a man named William Sosa, who has built what he believes to be a working replica of what the Egyptians were depicting in their carvings.
The tube is vacuum sealed and contains gas which is ignited and can be focussed like a snake, and reacts due to electrostatic electricity to the presence of human hands, like a snake running away. Much like a Tesla coil.
Here is the show:

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovMO0i2FiPQ]

 
There's a lot of chatter there but it is interesting. Also espouses his electric universe theory counter to the Big Bang. (they could both be right? ) 
Here is a video of the device in action:

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g507G2Ei2To]
 

What do you think? Was this an ancient method for illuminating interiors?  Notably no smoke residue or burnt oil evidence has been found inside the tombs for making the carvings.

The relief is a multi-part depiction of the creation of the universe. Its a snake being born out of lotus flower in the cosmic woom from the primordial sea. . Its a 4 part series in The Temple of Hathor.

And its also why you dont let Erick Von Daniken speculate and get away with it.

This scene is a symbolic representation of the Egyptian creation myth and the concept of rebirth and regeneration. The lotus flower, which closes at night and reopens in the morning, symbolizes the sun emerging from the primordial waters of Nun at the dawn of creation. The snake represents the divine energy or the god Ihy (son of Hathor and Horus) being born from the flower. 

[ArMaP]

What do you think? Was this an ancient method for illuminating interiors?  Notably no smoke residue or burnt oil evidence has been found inside the tombs for making the carvings.

First of all, I didn't watch any of the videos (I hate videos, they are mostly a way of wasting time to say things that could be said in a couple of sentences).

Personally, I doubt very much that was some kind of lightbulb, mostly because:
1 - we never found any sign they had the technology to make such a device;
2 - we never found any sign they used electricity in any way;
3 - we never found any sign they were capable of producing electricity in a way they could use in any device.

[Ray1990]

Check out Black Athena if  you have not yet red it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Athena

Its a bridge worth crossing if not already

I have that book but never got around to reading it.  What's the relevance?

They look like flower buds to me, my mind went to magnolia buds but since it's Egypt they probably represent the Nile lotus which would fit well with their myths and beliefs. Not that I know much about Egyptology.

[SurferSoul]

The serpent symbolism is very interesting, I’m planning to do a thread on it when I get time, hopefully this winter. I haven’t heard what the official explanation is for how they could see when creating carvings or murals in dark places. As pointed out there a no tell tale soot marks from lit torches. There are tunnels all over the place too how could they dig those without adequate light? It’s definitely worth investigating.

[BeTheGoddess]

I have that book but never got around to reading it.  What's the relevance?

They look like flower buds to me, my mind went to magnolia buds but since it's Egypt they probably represent the Nile lotus which would fit well with their myths and beliefs. Not that I know much about Egyptology.

Fkn read it if you already own it. 

It bridges a lot of Afro and Greek culture, but you have a copy so find out for yourself.

[tellmethesecrets]

Fkn read it if you already own it. 

It bridges a lot of Afro and Greek culture, but you have a copy so find out for yourself.

Rude.

[sahgwa]

First of all, I didn't watch any of the videos (I hate videos, they are mostly a way of wasting time to say things that could be said in a couple of sentences).

Personally, I doubt very much that was some kind of lightbulb, mostly because:
1 - we never found any sign they had the technology to make such a device;
2 - we never found any sign they used electricity in any way;
3 - we never found any sign they were capable of producing electricity in a way they could use in any device.

Boa tarde!

These are often arguments bandied about for decades.
Now that we have more organic and biodegradable technology, I think it's possible that some electricity creation could have been available but lost to decay.  Our power poles and wires are wood and copper, copper corrodes and disperses to dust, wood of course rots.  The fact we found the Baghdad battery is just luck.

How do you think they saw in the tombs and temples far away from sunlight to carve, in the absence of soot from fire?