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RE: Japanese-Egyptian team hunting for new tomb at Giza - Byrd - 02-20-2024 (02-20-2024, 12:18 AM)Nerb Wrote: Levitation by wind it is then. 20,000 people blowing down tunnels on all four sides in a mass chant, converging in the centre just under each block raised slightly into a central lifting shaft. Thing is, they'd have to have special ropes made and made constantly because stone very heavy and is much harder on fiber than wood is. Rope making was a specialized trade, and they do find traces of this industry on Giza...but mainly associated with the production of string, not rope. https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4020-4425-0_8686#:~:text=The%20use%20of%20swinging%20weights,into%20a%20strong%20plied%20rope. And here's a nice paper that includes some images of people making rope in ancient Egypt: https://www.uibk.ac.at/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/seilherstellung/seilherstellung_aegypten.html.en |