Slashdot Mirror
King Tut's Chariot a Marvel of Ancient Engineering
astroengine writes "King Tutankhamun, who ruled Egypt over 3,000 years ago, looks as if he was chauffeured around the desert in one of the earliest-known high-performance vehicles. Tut's chariots surpass all monumental structures of the pharaohs in engineering sophistication. Discovered in pieces by British archaeologist Howard Carter when he entered King Tut's treasure-packed tomb in 1922, the collection consisted of two large ceremonial chariots, a smaller highly decorated one, and three others that were lighter and made for daily use. 'These vehicles appear to be the first mechanical systems which combine the use of kinematics, dynamics and lubrication principles,' said Alberto Rovetta, professor in robotics engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan."
. 'These vehicles appear to be the first mechanical systems which combine the use of kinematics, dynamics and lubrication principles
I combined your mom's use of kinematics, dynamics, and lubrication principles with my mechanical systems last night.
OH SNAP!
Living With a Nerd
And that's why I bought a Saturn.
from our pyramid building, cat worshipping, space travelling, interstellar overlords.
If thou see a fair woman pay court to her, for thus thou wilt obtain love
kinematics, dynamics and lubrication principles
What a chav. King tut, with the worlds first height adjustable suspension.
Dancin' by the Nile, the ladies loved his style.
Rockin' for a mile, he ate a crocodile.
Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia, King Tut.
And that easily makes these chariots "surpass all monumental structures of the pharaohs in engineering sophistication." Moving thousands of tons of rock without machinery is easy compared to slopping fat on a stick!
The patent/copyright finally ran out on the chariot thing about 200 years ago, leading to the Industrial Revolution.
When the patent/copyright runs out on "magically levitating giant stone blocks into pyramid shapes" sometime in the future, I think we're going to have a heck of a lot of fun.
"Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
Well, Egyptian Consumer Reports noted that "The Tut Chariot, made by Toyota, is prone to unexplainable sudden acceleration. However, it gets good hay mileage. And depending on the whip you use, it can do 0-60 in under 3 minutes."
Sounds like more evidence for that small penis theory.
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:King_Tut_had_a_small_penis
Yeah, but apart from the Great Pyramid, prime and perfect numbers, the Sieve of Eratosthenes, linear equations, sequences, pi, surface areas and volumes, what have the Egyptians done for us?
__
Men with no respect for life must never be allowed to control the ultimate instruments of death.
GW Bu
When the patent/copyright runs out on "magically levitating giant stone blocks into pyramid shapes" sometime in the future, I think we're going to have a heck of a lot of fun.
There's no particular mystery to how they did it - without magical levitation.
It's interesting to pull a few blocks off a pyramid. You find inscriptions on them that say things like:
"We DID IT! - Tiger Team Eight."
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
Best vintage garage find evar. It's gonna be a bitch to find parts.
Wasn't this on pimp my chariot? They put 22's on it and Mad Mike installed 5 hieroglyphics flat panels on it.