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Who built the pyramids?

Created by japie > 9 months ago, 19 Aug 2010

WA

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FormulaNova

WA, 14558 posts

Carantoc said...
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I don't know, just guessing there is more to Egypt than the pyramids

Well..., there is windsurfing in Dahab and Moon Beach.

QLD

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sausage

QLD, 4873 posts

Carantoc said...

sausage said...
[brthose useless buildings have put more into the Egyptian economy than any other hair brained idea of the day (then & now

Not sure that is right.

Built with slave labour and one could argue Egypt didn't have an economy as such when they were built.

Nobody then paid any real interest in them for 3,000 years until the first archeological expedition in about 1860, except grave robbers, who working illegally probably didn't do that much for the economy.

Bit of tourism since 1870.

I would say the Suez canal has probably done more, or the Aswan dam, or the port of Alexandria, or even the tunnels across the Gaza ? Israeli border, or maybe palm oil even.

I don't know, just guessing there is more to Egypt than the pyramids

Yes totally agree with you Carantoc, but I was referring to hair brained ideas i.e. the pyramids (biggest grave stone ever) and then mark_aus' reference to the Syd Op House being a waste of money.

theDoctor

NSW

5779 posts

theDoctor

NSW, 5779 posts

but there was no tombs in the great pyramid... a granite sarcophages but no tomb

Bigwavedave

QLD

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Bigwavedave

QLD, 2057 posts

theDoctor said...

but there was no tombs in the great pyramid... a granite sarcophages but no tomb

Correction:

They haven't found any tombs in the Great Pyramid yet.

theDoctor

NSW

5779 posts

theDoctor

NSW, 5779 posts

or any intelligence in queensland

japie

NSW

6834 posts

japie

NSW, 6834 posts

theDoctor said...

or any intelligence in queensland

There has been, I was there not long ago!

log man

VIC

8289 posts

log man

VIC, 8289 posts

sausage said...

Mark _australia said...

Panda they probably could - if they saw it as functional.

it is only us in these modern enlightened times who need to waste money on making monstrosities to prove our cleverness (to whom, I ask?) whilst millions starve and fade away through il health.....

Funny that because this is what Mark_Egypt said 3000 years ago on an Egyption forum (a stone one of course) regarding the government of the day building stupidly large and somewhat useless buildings. Little did he realise that those useless buildings have put more into the Egyptian economy than any other hair brained idea of the day (then & now), thereby providing better services and living standards for the future generations.

Now I wont spell out the correlation of this parable with the Sydney Opera house, but 99% of foreigners when asked what's the first thing that comes to their mind when they think of Australia, that "waste of money" is the answer. Pretty valuable asset in my mind.

PS - I have to disclose that I am at the creative end of the building industry and am somewhat one eyed on the subject

HEE HEE

evlPanda

NSW

9202 posts

evlPanda

NSW, 9202 posts

A) There is no way they could have built the opera house. I'm not in any way saying they were dumb, just not technologically progressed enough.
B) Slaves dude. Slaves built the pyramids.#63275;

OK... How about this then? There is no way in hell the Ancient Egyptians could have built pyramids using computer controlled bacteria:

Nor could they have built a modern windsurfer.

choco

SA

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choco

SA, 4028 posts

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PS - I have to disclose that I am at the creative end of the building industry and am somewhat one eyed on the subject

does that mean your a pencil sharpner?

sausage