A New Egyptian Pyramid, the Latest of Seven and all Older Than the Giza Pyramids, has been uncovered
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[b]Link:[/b] [url=http://news.discovery.com/history/ancient-egypt/4600-year-old-step-pyramid-uncovered-in-egypt-140203.htm]Discovery[/url]
[b]Link2:[/b] [url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-one-knows-why-ancient-egyptians-built-4600-year-old-just-discovered-pyramid-180949572/]Smithsonian[/url]
[quote] Archaeologists working near the ancient settlement of [url=https://www.google.com/maps/preview/place/Idfu,+Adfo,+Markaz+Edfo,+Aswan,+Egypt/@24.978548,32.8758199,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x1449ed1513723003:0xa1dc86687ad7345f]Edfu[/url], in southern Egypt, have uncovered a step pyramid that dates back about 4,600 years, predating the Great Pyramid of Giza by at least a few decades. ... [/quote]
[quote]... Scattered throughout central and southern Egypt, the provincial pyramids are located near major settlements, have no internal chambers and were not intended for burial. Six of the seven pyramids have almost identical dimensions ... [/quote]
[quote] Though scholars knew of the existence of the pyramid at Edfu, the structure had never been excavated before Marouard's team started work in 2010 ... It didn't look like a pyramid he said, and people in a nearby village even thought the structure was the tomb of a sheikh, a local Muslim saint. ...[/quote]
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Damn, ancient stuff is awesome.
The pyramids are some scary shit.
It's hard to imagine people building these things by hand.
Surrender your mysteries!
Neat another reason to go to Egypt, I gotta see even more pyramids now.
I love that last picture, great to see the artwork lasted for thousands of years.
[QUOTE=redBadger;43776708]The pyramids are some scary shit.
It's hard to imagine people building these things by hand.[/QUOTE]
because it was aliens
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[i]ancient[/i] aliens
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;43776812]I expected badage boys holy shit[/QUOTE]
I'm still waiting for them to be back in town
Seven tombs? Men, we have found the real life Barrows.
I'm very curious as to why.
The leading idea is that they were build into ritual and worship. Which sort of makes sense. But to me however, Tombs seem more likely. Because you would want to honor one's dynasty, especially the great one's. But each of these weren't hollow and there have been no burials, outside of post-era one's, found in or nearby.
From playing games as a kid like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_(video_game)]Pharaoh[/url], one might consider them to be city garnishes. Monuments and grand architecture to adorn the city...
But with all the work and effort being put into the Giza Pyramids... you think these were just made from the "[i]spare[/i]" blocks? Or if there's a different purpose to them.
All those late-night [i]Alien conspiracies[/i] come creeping to mind. :v:
Man I wish I had loads of money and a reputation to boot in the Archaeological world... Going down to Egypt would be sweet, but most of these Pyramids are blocked off unless you've got permission from the School of Egyptology or whatever they call themselves in Cairo.
[QUOTE=redBadger;43776708]The pyramids are some scary shit.
It's hard to imagine people building these things by hand.[/QUOTE]
They weren't exactly built by hand, not entirely
How did they miss this all these years...
[QUOTE=Keys;43776863]From playing games as a kid like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_(video_game)]Pharaoh[/url], one might consider them to be city garnishes. Monuments and grand architecture to adorn the city...
But with all the work and effort being put into the Giza Pyramids... you think these were just made from the "[i]spare[/i]" blocks? Or if there's a different purpose to them.[/QUOTE]
oh man
pharaoh was the shit
[QUOTE=supersnail11;43776796]because it was aliens
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[i]ancient[/i] aliens[/QUOTE]
well yeah, the goa'uld
[QUOTE=Keys;43776863]I'm very curious as to why.
The leading idea is that they were build into ritual and worship. Which sort of makes sense. But to me however, Tombs seem more likely. Because you would want to honor one's dynasty, especially the great one's. But each of these weren't hollow and there have been no burials, outside of post-era one's, found in or nearby.
From playing games as a kid like [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_(video_game)]Pharaoh[/url], one might consider them to be city garnishes. Monuments and grand architecture to adorn the city...
But with all the work and effort being put into the Giza Pyramids... you think these were just made from the "[i]spare[/i]" blocks? Or if there's a different purpose to them.
All those late-night [i]Alien conspiracies[/i] come creeping to mind. :v:
Man I wish I had loads of money and a reputation to boot in the Archaeological world... Going down to Egypt would be sweet, but most of these Pyramids are blocked off unless you've got permission from the School of Egyptology or whatever they call themselves in Cairo.[/QUOTE]
Wayfinding maybe? Those deserts can be pretty big and flat, I imagine it'd be nice to have a big, stable pyramid that says a town is nearby.
[QUOTE=Xystus234;43776936]How did they miss this all these years...[/QUOTE]
Egypt is rather large
[QUOTE=GyroburnerV2;43777078]Wayfinding maybe? Those deserts can be pretty big and flat, I imagine it'd be nice to have a big, stable pyramid that says a town is nearby.[/QUOTE]
Then why not just make a massive tower? Surely that would be MUCH easier?
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This hieroglyph looks like he is riding a skateboard going
"Like I give a shit"
[QUOTE=be;43777219]Then why not just make a massive tower? Surely that would be MUCH easier?[/QUOTE]
They might fall over I guess, I'm not really sure, I was just throwing it out there.
[QUOTE=be;43777219]Then why not just make a massive tower? Surely that would be MUCH easier?[/QUOTE]
Towers collapse. Pyramids don't. They wanted their legacy to survive for as long as possible - so they built structures that no weapons at the time could destroy out of the hardiest, most weather resistant material available.
So who's buried in it?
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[QUOTE=Grenadiac;43777441]Towers collapse. Pyramids don't. They wanted their legacy to survive for as long as possible - so they built structures that no weapons at the time could destroy out of the hardiest, most weather resistant material available.[/QUOTE]
And, oddly enough, even the weapons of modern man. I doubt even a Tsar Bomba right smack in the middle of Giza would knock those fuckers over. The pyramids would just sit there radioactively not giving a fuck.
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How big is that one exactly? In this pic it looks absolutely massive without any real point of reference.
[QUOTE=GyroburnerV2;43777078]Wayfinding maybe? Those deserts can be pretty big and flat, I imagine it'd be nice to have a big, stable pyramid that says a town is nearby.[/QUOTE]
Except deserts are often anything but flat. Mountains of sand abound.
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[QUOTE=be;43777219]Then why not just make a massive tower? Surely that would be MUCH easier?[/QUOTE]
You can't build a tower on sand. Towers sink. Pyramids were designed to have as large a surface area as possible on the bottom so they could "float" on top of the sand. To an extent, of course.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;43777022]well yeah, the goa'uld[/QUOTE]
Gotta land somewhere
[QUOTE=redBadger;43776708]The pyramids are some scary shit.
It's hard to imagine people building these things by hand.[/QUOTE]
slavery gets shit done
[QUOTE=meppers;43778942]slavery gets shit done[/QUOTE]
No. Majority of the pyramids were build by paid craftsmen and volunteers. I am pretty sure if you have nothing to do , you would want to build a pyramids. You need to remember back then, people have no entertainment and proper jobs so building a pyramids seems to look like a good job for them.
[QUOTE=woolio1;43778827]Except deserts are often anything but flat. Mountains of sand abound.[/QUOTE]
True, but it gets real repetitive. Waypoint idea kinda holds, still.
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