Big deal?
Mark Lehner, an Egyptologist from Ancient Egypt Research Associates, said that previous work had shown that the ancient Egyptians most likely constructed gaps in their pyramids and that the voids the team found are nothing special, or new.By the way, did the ancient Egyptians have cheese?
“The great pyramid of Khufu is more Swiss cheese than cheddar,” he said. He added that the steep incline of the void also casts doubts on whether it was some sort of room. “At that angle, it doesn’t make much sense for it to be a chamber that would contain artifacts, burials and objects and that sort of thing.”
The manufacture of cheese is depicted in murals in Egyptian tombs from 2,000 BC. Two alabaster jars found at Saqqara, dating from the First Dynasty of Egypt, contained cheese. These were placed in the tomb about 3,000 BC. They were likely fresh cheeses coagulated with acid or a combination of acid and heat. An earlier tomb, that of King Hor-Aha may also have contained cheese which, based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the two jars, appear to be from Upper and Lower Egypt. The pots are similar to those used today when preparing mish.
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Just don't use the term "vault" or tell Geraldo Rivera.
I've been all over the world, and to Egypt 5 times, and the pyramids are the most amazing object of human construction anywhere, in my opinion. I've been inside Khufu it's pretty empty with most of the treasures moved to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Some commentor on Ars Technica said yesterday: "That's obviously where the stargate is."
Some people are fascinated by them, but I always found the ancient Egyptians rather dull compared to the Greeks and Romans. They weren't much on adventure or scholarship.
So Ben Carson was right?
Mish sounds pretty tasty ... you can make it at home! http://www.dish-away.com/2012/09/mish-recipe.html
As for the Greeks, the Parthenon is nice, but it was being demolished by local residents who used the marble in their kitchens. The British did the world a great favor by removing the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon and preserving them in the British Museum.
That said, the 3 main pyramids are much older...and much larger in size!
"I've been all over the world, and to Egypt 5 times, and the pyramids are the most amazing object of human construction anywhere..."
I'm thinking cheese is more amazing.
You can have a world without pyramids or a world without cheese?
Come on, you'd pick cheese.
You can't make pizza with a pyramid. You can't even make a grilled cheese sandwich.
As for cheese, "A moment of pleasure on the lips, a lifetime on the hips."
Not so with the pyramids.
My bet is shifiting fill
It's cheese, It's cheese, it's cheese that makes the world go round
The pyramids are hollow, like those rip-off chocolate Easter Bunnies.
(void*), a pointer to void, is the serious programmer's defense against strongly typed languages.
Say cheese.
The first people to send slaving expeditions into Africa were the Egyptians. The gold was located in Nubia, and the Egyptians hunted down Nubians to work the mines there. The Egyptians were guilty of the original original sin. It's long past time we stopped honoring these slave owners.
Maybe they suspect it was/is existential...
The first structure taller than the Great Pyramid was the Eiffel Tower.
The engineering history behind the pyramids is mind boggling.
Chariot parking only.
Do you suppose the The Pharaoh got billed for voids at the full stone rate?
Are these voids structural in some way, making the pyramids stronger? IDK, I'm not an engineer.
-sw
My new house has these voids. Code requires an access door if the void is over a certain size.
>Are these voids structural in some way, making the pyramids stronger?
I'm not an engineer either, but I don't think voids would make the structure stronger. What they will do is reduce the weight of the overall structure. Maybe the lowest stones couldn't bear the weight, and the voids act a bit like the gaps between spokes on a wheel.
That's what happens when you let out the Pyramid contract to the lowest bidder.
Cutting and moving the stones was a Herculean task at the time. A smart pyramid builder would try to minimize the effort required by leaving voids where he could.
Possible things that might be found in the void:
Gold, mummies, art, Trump's tax returns, Clinton's e-mails, Jimmy Hoffa, aliens, Obama's real birth certificate, Inga's mummified brain, ARM's integrity, Chuck's Republican Party registration, Laslo's girlfriend's body, TTR's mental filter.
Yancey:
*applause*
Is there a Monty Python "cheese" skit?
I am not a robot but I am a cyborg and I have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express. Do I win a prize?
There is a Monty Python cheese shop skit, but I think it's a bit runnier than you'll like.
>There is a Monty Python cheese shop skit, but I think it's a bit runnier than you'll like.
While I very much doubt anyone involved in Monty Python knew about the American World War II-era radio comedy Lum and Abner, there is an episode which is uncannily similar to "Cheeseshop." The story had the main characters trying to get lunch at a diner, only to be stymied at every turn by ration rules, until the owner finally confesses they have no food at all.
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