Caltech Team Raises 6900-Pound Obelisk, By Kite

Paintthemoon writes: "So, this crazed entrepreneur and Caltech buddies this weekend staged a successful test of using a 30-foot kite to raise a 6,900 pound concrete obelisk in the Mojave. The theory behind this is that the ancient Egyptians could have used such wind power to raise obelisks and build the pyramids ... " The article is from earlier this month. It's been a lot longer than that since scientists started trying to figure out how the Egyptians moved and righted some of their obelisks.

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Re:Someone set us up the kite

[Zachary Kessin]

It should be noted that the book of Exodus does not say that we built pyramids, it says we built Pithon and Ra-ameses (I probably have the spelling wrong. The pyramids were a 1000 years old by this time.
As for the archaological stuff see this link: http://aish.com/societyWork/sciencenature/Archaeol ogy_and_the_Bible_-_Part_2.asp

Uhh yeah except..

[The Original Bobski]

There are no hierglyphs depicting kites

nice try though.
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Re:Uhh yeah except..

[The Original Bobski]

No, but very recently (in geographic time) there was a man (Ed Leedskalnin) who single handedly built an entire home from massive blocks of coral here in Florida (Coral Castle). It took him twenty years to complete, but he never let anyone see him at work. He claimed he used the same techniques used to build the pyramids, but of all the times people tried to spy on him through the years never once had anyone reported seeing kites.


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Someone set us up the kite

[joq]

We all know the aliens from another Stargate set up the pyramids!

Ok so it wasn't funny. Anyways there was a recent (semi recent about 4 months ago) documentary on PBS depicting how this may have worked which knocked off many theories and made sense. According to the doc., slaves were not used and this was judged based on evidence from an excavation, that showed what were supposedly slaves, were treated like royalty. (Judging from the medical care they received)

Leading engineers calculated block by block how it was done, and their theory was, ramps were made, and the stones were hauled up these ramps by many workers who traveled to Egypt to honor the kings. Enigneers, doctors, you name it supposedly assisted raising the blocks until it was done.

According to the scientists and Engineers I think it took about 30-40 years per pyramid, in which many felt honorable to do. This again was based on evidence from excavation which showed no one was a prisoner, or slave, engineers who recreated the scenario (nice SGI graphics too).

Also in the documentary it showed how ancient medical techniques were used to heal broken bones, etc.

What is Shadowstorm Intelligence Layer?

Re:Someone set us up the kite

[Elvis Maximus]

Believe it or not, the slaves-built-the-Pyramids thing is very political in Egypt. The concern is that the Israelis will lay claim to Egypt based on the historical theory that Hebrew slaves built the Pyramids.

If that sounds far out and paranoid, that's because it is. But given that many Israelis take the Bible to be a divine land deed, it's not entirely inconsistent with the weirdness on the ground.

That doesn't mean those who worked on the Pyramids were slaves, it just means that Zahi Hawass, the head of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, is under a lot of pressure to find (and allow excavation permit-seekers to find) evidence that supports certain theories more than others. As long as the modern political influences are there it will be difficult to get good objective data.

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Pictures

[Fredge]

Did nobody at this event bother to photograph it? Anyone have a link with pictures?