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That does not account for the entire lack of late, smaller, top-grade work. So, maybe 100-ton mirror-smooth columns no longer impress. Not making anything mirro
by ncmncm 4y ago
That does not account for the entire lack of late, smaller, top-grade work. So, maybe 100-ton mirror-smooth columns no longer impress. Not making anything mirror-smooth, at any scale, or anything 100 tons even if no smooth, really calls into question whether you still can.
- simonh 4y agoSure, maybe they couldn't because the techniques had been lost which we know is a thing that happens, or maybe they chose not to. Or maybe aliens. This is basically a god of the gaps argument, we don't know so therefore let's fill the gap with the wackiest made up fantasy crap we can think of. Well ok, if you like but it's basically just entertainment and nothing to do with reality.
- ncmncm 4y agoLost skills is wacky, now?
- simonh 4y ago"or maybe aliens" is wacky, but that's just a personal opinion.
- ncmncm 4y agoYou interjected the "or maybe aliens" yourself. Nobody else even hinted at it. You reveal that you never had any intention of engaging honestly.
- simonh 4y agoMaybe I'm reading too much into the claim that these objects were not created by the ancient Egyptians, and the assertion that they were 'machined'.
- ncmncm 4y agoNobody suggested they were not made by Egyptians. You made that up, too. We don't know which generation of Egyptians did the top quality work. As already noted, inscriptions only establish a lower bound on age, but no upper bound. Evidence strongly suggests the means to do such work were lost, early on. "Machined" describes the precision of the work. If you know how to get that without precision equipment, reveal it.
- simonh 4y agoThen what did you mean by “who really made” the boxes you said had been “precision-machined”.
- ncmncm 4y agoMaybe read exactly the post you replied to? Here, I will reproduce it for you: "We don't know which generation of Egyptians did the top quality work." Now you may ignore it in both places.
- moltar 4y agoMaybe they ran a financial pyramid and the music stopped. Funding had ran out. Interest rates went up. Rampant inflation. People can’t feed themselves, no one cares about smooth rocks anymore. They just want a sandwich and a roof.