Comments on: The Construction of the Pyramids

By: MSH

MSH — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:41:00 +0000

wrong – one several counts. There are a number of pyramids in good shape in Egypt, not just Giza. And think about your logic (“something really big long ago is still standing, so it must have been made by aliens”). I would suggest doing some reading on pyramid evolution. The various pyramids in Egypt (including Giza) show a very discernible development, at times trial-and-error. We know how the technology began and progressed from the pyramids themselves.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:16:59 +0000

But the giza pyramids are still standing / any other pyramids built by humans in egypt are crumbling that should show you humans aren’t very bright

By: Ching64bit

Ching64bit — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:48:02 +0000

Thank you Tim.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:52:22 +0000

Wow…been almost two years since i posted in this thread and it seems that nothing has changed, Still the same general contentions from both sides. I still feel that those who believe the pyramids were built by the Egyptians of 4000-6000 years ago (as opposed to men of a past epoch, or alternatively, more advanced “men”) are looking at this topic in isolation. As Jeff correctly points out, there IS a bigger picture here, which is largely ignored by the academics, seemingly because they can’t explain it. Of course im talking about significant sites like nazca, machu picchu, puma punku, tiahuanaco, teotihuacan, easter island, the mayans or the olmecs plus the countless anomalous artefacts like the Piri Reis toname but one.

@ Pons Asinorum: its all well and good to postulate figures and hypothetical models till the cows come home (we allknow a model can be made to output anything you want), but your comment about academic credentials undermines your cause. Rather than attacking the validity of someone’s work on the basis of their professional qualifications or lack thereof, i consider the smarter money would respond to the content of their hypothesis. Academia is an institution, just like high school, and there are established heirarchies, structures and processes. I think these days its pretty widely accepted that failure to conform to mainstream academic mantras in contentious issues such as the origins of man can validly be regarded as professional suicide. This is why many just choose to go with the flow rather than risk being ostracised. Bear in mind that Einstein was a desk clerk when he came up with the theory of relativity…

@MSH: im very interested to hear your thoughts on Vimaana’s as detailed within the ancient vedic Vymaanika Shaastra text. It seems that here is a text, indeed a religious text, which sets aside an entire section to go into remarkable detail on the topic of ancient flying machines. I’m no religious scholar, but i struggle to understand how this portion of the overall text (dealing with the so called “flying machines”) ties in to what is otherwise considered a religious text. Given the level of detail it reads more like a flight manual, taking in such topics as diet, clothing, construction and metallurgy, and even operating instructions. I understand how the ancients used metaphors and allegorical devices to convey meaning, but the detail in this section suggests a more literal interpretation.

By: MSH

MSH — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:36:11 +0000

I hear you!

By: Brian H

Brian H — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 02:13:17 +0000

I recall in ’73 or so in my early teens all excited about Erich von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods.
Then fate or whatever put a copy of The Ancient Engineers by L. Sprague De Camp in my hands. Set me straight.
I don’t think I am doctrinaire in my thinking, I am quite Fortean, but; aliens making humans to mine gold to save their planet’s atmosphere?

By: MSH

MSH — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:16:32 +0000

The Nazca lines are actually one of the oldest, most regularly trodden and explained “anomalies” in mainstream archaeology. There are a number of viable explanations. My favorite is the one that involves the use of a balloon (http://www.nott.com/Pages/projects.php). Their creation is not difficult to explain (balloon or not – I root for that one!), and a full scale sample is reproducible without aliens: http://www.onagocag.com/nazca.html. See also http://www.nazcamystery.com/nazca_science.htm. This one is actually pretty easy, so try again for the alien nonsense (and my apologies to the scientists whose work took years to demonstrate so that now the explanations for Nazca look easy!).

By: Paranormal

Paranormal — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:10:01 +0000

You may have being pyramids made by humans but waht about Nazca Lines in south america? You cn only see them from the air and at that time no one had air vehicles so aliens built it as a an ancient airport. Have you consider watching the documentary film Chariots of the Gods?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_the_Gods_(film)

It shows evidence that we were visited by aliens and we worship them as gods.

Might want to wathc this too! It and it reveal the truth!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Aliens

By: MSH

MSH — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:57:22 +0000

The tomb argument for pyramids in general is actually well placed. There are several reasons. Here are two: (a) it is an easy, discoverable thing to see and know that pyramids evolved in shape and size from pre-Old Kingdom tombs known as mastabas. Mastabas in turn evolved from pit graves. There is a clear sequential evolution here; (2) Pyramid texts in Old Kingdom tombs — they are about the passage of the king (his mummy) from one part of the pyramid to the outside to the sky to join the stars/ his predecessors. That would make no sense if pharaohs weren’t buried in them. Pyramid texts were later superseded by coffin texts (same spells carved / painted on coffins) and then books of the dead.

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:39:09 +0000

Great website. Its great to see some popular theories debunked. It’s always fun to read about the intervention theories, especially as these days some of them come across quite scientific and convincing. But, its just as fun to find website like this that can debunk them, and then to see people offer yet more support and evidence to the theories. Its awesome and it keeps life interesting.

The one thing that has puzzled me for a while is the Cheops pyramid… the main one at giza. What was it actually built for? Is that still a mystery or is there some scientific reason avaiable now? Because, the inside has got some wierd chambers and none of it really makes sense. Ive only been exposed to the intervention theories that say its some kind of alien design. The other theory I heard was that its a tomb, or an observatory, but it doesnt seem like thats what it was originally built for.