Is it true that there is no evidence of torches being used inside the egyptian pyramids?
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Nor inside ANY of the ancient egyptian monuments made prior to the Roman invasion in 52 B.C. The egyptians used another mechanism:Mirrors!\nYes they used a complicated system of mirrors to reflect the day light all the way inside the huge monuments they've built, which were siometimes several hundereds of feet high (like the pryamids, which aremore than 80 pyramids, the most famous of which,the biggest, but not the oldest, are the 3 giza pyramids) or far below the ground(tutemoses grave and other similarly fabulous graves in valley of the kings, or dug several meters deep inside solid granite mountains (like "Dir El Bahary" temple of hatshipsut)\nYes, as agatha christie said,they did it with mirrors :)
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Well, I'm sure that those pyramids really exist. There are many argumenst and facts which support tesis of Sam Osmanagic about existing huge and accient pyramids in Bosnia.\nThey researching the hills using the hightech methodology, as linear and termal inercing satelite photos which show us that the the hills are not natural.\nThe are 5 pyramids at the valley called as "Valley of bosnian pyramids" and all of them have correctly orientated geometrycal sides at East, west south and north. Three main pyramids making completly correct trinangle. And nature can't to that,\nThere are also many underground ways under the pyramids. Radar analysis shows  that. During exavcations found the block, huge blocks of pyramids in all four sides of every pyramids.\nMany archeologists do not accept Sam Osmanagic's theory, but, no one of them did't came here to see that.\nAly Barakt - egiptian geologist, who all his life working on reseraching and discovering the pyramids also said that he is sure that Bosnia has many pyramids. Momentaly, he and many other archeologists, geologists working on the excavations the bosnian pyramids, inclouding one of the most known egiptian archeologist dr. Lamiya....
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I see a whole lot of people parroting what they've read and seen on TV, but here's an new and original thought for you...What if the blocks weren't pushed, pulled, levitated or moved into position at all?  What if they were "poured" into place as a sort of cement?  Think about it...They would've easily done it level by level, filling any smaller gaps with smaller blocks....\nAnyway, that's the only thing that really makes any sense to me.\nPulleys and levers, ramps..All that stuff has basically been disprove...If they were constructed in either one of those manners, then why can't we reproduce the great Pyramid using the same technology?....We should have pyramids all over the place!!!\nI like my cement theory!
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Which pyramid at Cairo are you referring to? Where abouts on the pyramid?\n\nAre you referring to the hieroglyphs? Hieroglyphs adorn most ancient buildings and tombs (Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Abu Simbel, etc.).
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They don't.\nFamously, the pyramid at Meidum collapsed. Some say that the Bent Pyramid was being built at the time and that's why the builders switched to a safer and shallower angle during  construction.
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Glass has been around for a long time and it is possible that someone fashioned a "lens" and did tricks with it (and was burned at the stake?).  More likely, tricks were done with campfire light and shadows on cave walls to form rabbits, gulls (or dinosaurs?).  Still a great way to entertain children, right?
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Yes it was the case during the Trojan war. The Trojans stole the Helen and the Greeks asked Archilles to help them. And they defeated Troy. It was once thought that it was a myth or story. But some archeologists came to find some buildings that were burnt down and they dated the time that the war was thought to have happened!
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About Egyptian Pyramids\n\nThere are no more famous ancient sites within Egypt, or for that matter elsewhere in the world, than the Great Pyramids at Giza. They are, without question, the icon most associated with the Egypt. They have been both the main destination for tourists, and a source of imaginative thought to the world for over three thousand years.\n\nHowever, there are actually over 100 pyramids in Egypt, many of which are relatively unknown to anyone who is not an ancient Egypt enthusiast. All but a very few are grouped around and near the City of Cairo, just south of the Nile Delta. Otherwise, only one royal pyramid is known in southern Egypt (at Abydos), that being the one built by Ahmose, founder of the 18th Dynasty and Egypt's New Kingdom. It may have also been the last royal pyramid built in Egypt. \n\nHence, major pyramids were not built throughout Egypt's ancient history. The Pyramid Age began with a burst of building, starting with the 3rd Dynasty reign of Djoser. Some of the early kings, most specifically Snefru, built more than one pyramid. Almost all of the kings added to their number through the end of the Middle Kingdom, with the possible exception of the First Intermediate Period between the Old and Middle Kingdoms. After the first Pharaoh of Egypt's New Kingdom, Ahmose, royal pyramid building by Egyptians ceased entirely. Somewhat abruptly the kings of the New Kingdom chose, rather than making their tombs completely obvious, to hide them in the hills of the West Bank of Thebes (modern Luxor). \n\nHowever, smaller pyramids were constructed, for example in the Deir el-Medina necropolis, by private individuals. The Late Period Nubians who ruled Egypt also built relatively small pyramids with much steeper sides, though these were in fact constructed in Nubia itself. This tradition was carried on in Nubia after these southern rulers lost control of Egypt, and eventually, more pyramids were actually built in Nubia than Egypt, though on a much smaller scale. \n\nOther pyramids in the world certainly exist, but their purpose, for the most part, was different than those of ancient Egypt. The most famous outside Egypt are probably those located in Mexico and to the south of Mexico, but these appear to have been built more as temples. In Egypt, all but a select few of the pyramids were built as tombs, sometimes to hold the physical body of a pharaoh (as well as other individuals), or to hold the soul of the deceased (as in the case of the small cult pyramids built next to the larger ones). Otherwise, the purpose of only a few small, regional stepped pyramids remains elusive. \n\nWhile pyramids were, for the most part, tombs for the Pharaohs of Egypt, one must nevertheless question the reason that Egyptian rulers chose this particular shape, and for that matter, why they built them so large. Today, we believe that they chose the shape in order to mimic the Benben, a pyramid shaped stone found in the earliest of temples, which itself is thought to symbolize the primeval mound from which the Egyptians believed life emerged. This also connected the pyramid to Re, the Sun God, as it was he, according to some of the ancient Egypt mythology, who rose from the primeval mound to create life. \n\nAs far the great size of many of the pyramids in Egypt, we can really only surmise that the Pharaohs were making a statement about their own power and perhaps, about the glory and strength of their country. However, it should also be remembered that many of the latter pyramids were not nearly as large as the Great Pyramids at Giza (and elsewhere).\n\nPyramids evolved. The first of them was not a perfectly formed pyramid. In fact, the first Pyramid we believe that was built in Egypt, that of Djoser, was not a true pyramid at all with smooth sides and a point at the top. Rather, its sides were stepped, and the top of the pyramid truncated with a flat surface (as best we know). As the Egyptian pyramids evolved, there wer
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Noah and his alleged sons DID NOT build the pyramids.  For heaven's sake, do some research!
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Pyramid-shaped structures were built by many ancient civilizations. The most famous are the Egyptian pyramids — huge pyramids built of brick or stone. Standard Archaeology claims that they were used as tombs for pharaohs, however their many surprising features have birthed many alternative theories, particularly since the great pyramids have never yielded a body. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the largest in Egypt and in the world. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one of the seven to survive into modern times. The ancient Egyptians capped the peaks of their pyramids with gold and covered their faces with polished white limestone, though many of the stones used for the purpose have fallen or been removed for other structures over the millennia.\n\nTo the south of Egypt the Nubians also built pyramids. They built far more than the Egyptians, but they are much smaller. The Nubian pyramids were constructed at a much steeper angle than Egyptian ones and were not tombs, but monuments to dead kings. Pyramids were built in Nubia up until the AD 300s.\n\nThe Mesopotamians also built step pyramids, or ziggurats. In ancient times these were brightly painted. Since they were constructed of mud-brick, little remains of them. The biblical Tower of Babel is believed to be a Babylonian ziggurat.\n\nA number of Mesoamerican cultures also built pyramid-shaped structures. Mesoamerican pyramids were also usually stepped, with temples on top, more similar to the Mesopotamian ziggurat than the Egyptian pyramid. The largest pyramid by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla. This pyramid is also considered the largest monument ever constructed anywhere in the world, but it is still being excavated. There is an unusual pyramid with a circular plan at the site of Cuilcuilco, now inside Mexico City and mostly covered with lava from an ancient eruption of Xictli.\n\nPyramids in Mexico were considered sacrificial places (used to kill slaves, in worship of their powerful gods).\n\nThere are other pyramid-shaped ancient monuments found in parts of Georgia.\nPyramid of Cestius\nEnlarge\nPyramid of Cestius\n\nThere is a pyramid in ancient Rome. The 27-meter-high Pyramid of Cestius was built by the end of the first century BC and still exists today, close to the Porta San Paolo.\n\nThere are quite a few flat-top pyramids in China. The First Emperor of Qin (221 B.C.~), with the terracotta warriors in vicinity, was buried under a large pyramid outside modern day Xi'an. In the following centuries a dozen more Chinese royalties of Han Dynasty were also buried under flat top pyramidal earth works.
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Egyptians did NOT build the great pyramids at Giza but did build many smaller, cruder pyramids.  The Bent Pyramid is one example of the ones they did build.\nThe main question is this: How could the ancient Egyptians emerge from the stone age, build a structure as big as the Great Pyramid at Giza, build a slightly smaller one, then never build another one to match either one?  Supposedly Khufu had the GP built, but there is absolutely not one shred of evidence that he did.  NOt one cartouche, wall inscription, nothing inside it.\nEither Altlanteans or aliens built it.
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No, I'm Not. but, here's an interesting theory as to their Guidance System to Find Earth; The Pyramids of the Eastern [Egypt] Hemisphere, and of the Western [Mexico , Central America] Hemisphere are Aligned in Such a Way, and Constructed of the Proper Materials that the Energy of the Earth's Magnetic Poles are Naturally Focused Upon the Pyramid Structures. The Claim is that the Earth Resonates at an Inaudible Frequency of 8 Hz. That, combined with the Polar Magnetic Energy Focused onto all of the Earth's Pyramids Generates a Beam of Energy which can be Detected Far Out into Space, well Beyond Our Solar System. NASA Supposedly has Proof of this from Voyager I and II , which are both beyond our Solar System. Supposedly there is also Proof that if the Pyramids had been only a Few Miles Apart from where they were Built, and not Made of the Same Materials of which they were Built, they would not be able to Emit an Energy Field that can be Detected, Perhaps Light Years beyond Earth! If that's all a Coincidence, along with the Prehistoric Drawings of Space Vehicles found on the Walls of Caves in France, then so be it. Also, Read the Bible, "Ezekiel saw the Wheel, way in the middle of the Air"
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I have read that in the beginnings there were people believing in things around them in nature as having a shine as a higher being type worship like worshiping fire and trees.  if you check out this site it describes it as being caveman h ad spiritual belief in surroundings of nature but not an ongoing organized religion like that of the first 7,000 years ago in egyptian prime. http://www.matrixbookstore.biz/cavemen.htm
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Yes, in Las Vegas.\n\nCheck out this website:\nhttp://images.google.com/images?q=vegas+pyramid&hl=en
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There is but just rumors of magic use in Solomons time, nothing concrete. But since alot of the population were jews, it wouldnt be a far stretch to accuse them of anything back then, afterall we are all human.
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aliens did not buit the pyramids simply because there is no aliens!!\nthe science at the ancient Egeptians was not that much advanced, but architecture was good enough to build the pyramids.\nby the way, the latest theory about who built the pyramids is that it has been built by rich people who are the only guyz to have such "honor", not by slaves as they used to think
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I think its possible people have been possessed by spirits, but maybe not.\n\nRegarding the Lions:\n"In Egyptian mythology, Aker is an Egyptian god composed of two lions. Egyptians believed that Aker guarded the entrance and exit to the Underworld. Also, and probably more interesting, because the ancient Egyptians believed that Aker guarded the gates of the morning and night, statues of the lion god were placed at the doors of houses and also at tombs to guard both the living and the dead from evil spirits and more earthly foes. These lion guardians were sometimes given the heads of men and women which turned them into a more recognizable form - that of the Sphinx. Good luck in your search. Kevin Schultz"\n\nIn it they reported that stone lions are good Feng Shui for the home. As you may or may not know, Feng Shui means wind and water in Chinese, and according to Chinese culture, having an understanding of these hidden energies can enhance our lives. There are ways to manipulate our space, our furniture and even our architecture to create good Feng Shui, which will then bring us prosperity and success. \n\nThis may sound like some sophisticated version of an wive's tale but millions of folks are buying into notions of FS, with better feelings of being in harmony with the world in general. Can it hurt? I think not. So the next time you see a stone lion for sale that's small enough to fit on your doorstep or entryway, think about it.