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1 posted on 11/16/2007 6:59:20 PM PST by blam
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2 posted on 11/16/2007 6:59:43 PM PST by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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Napoleon's engineers told him the stones of the Great Pyramid would build a one-metre wall around France.

One of those claims that always sounds phony to me. Ran some (very rough) numbers and it turns out to be true. Something around 800 to 900 cubic meters of rock would be available for each of the roughly 3000 kilometers of the perimeter of France.

Of course, it depends on how you define "around France"...

5 posted on 11/16/2007 7:42:25 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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King Tut had a video
9 posted on 11/16/2007 8:31:22 PM PST by P8riot (I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
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Actually I think the battle of Qadesh was more of a draw than a Hittite victory. Ramses the Great did call it a victory and it is probably true that he almost lost but fought his way back to a dignified withdrawal.


12 posted on 11/16/2007 8:44:32 PM PST by yarddog (`)
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My two cents...
Some people believe the young Tutankhamun was murdered by his uncle, Ay, who went on to take the throne. But in 2005 the mummy was given an X-ray, and they found he had a broken leg, which probably led to his death.
Of course, there's also a little-known inscription in Tut's tomb, translates as, "my uncle broke my leg! Help!"
Why does the Sphinx have no nose? Legend says Napoleon's army used it as target practice. The truth is it was wrecked 500 years before by Mohammed Sa'im al-Dahr, a Sufi fanatic.
Wow, what a surprise...
The Ancient Greeks said the pyramids were built over 10 years by 10,000 slaves. In fact, they were built by 25,000 or so free men, who were well fed with beef and ale - and each one probably took just five years.
Huh? Herodotus (the only surviving account, I believe) reports that the *ancient Egyptians* told him the Great Pyramid took over twenty years, 25? Anyway, this lower figure is more nonsense from Zowie, who claims that the number of stones in the Great Pyramid is about 500,000, and on average they weigh between 1000 and 2000 pounds each. There's basically no one I've ever heard of who follows this particular line of bull -- the generally accepted numbers are 2 1/2 million stones of 1 to 2 tons each (not to mention the massive stones used for the Grand Gallery and the known chambers). KMT had a scholarly article about five years ago which puts the number at about 4 million stones, but of varying sizes and weights. The number of slaves (yes, slaves) employed in the construction of the Great Pyramid have been estimated (since no one knows) as high as 100,000, which is probably more in line with reality (considering that a lot of quarrying and transporting had to be done offsite).
Stolen mummies were sent to the US in the 1890s to be mashed and made into wrapping paper. But customers started to die of cholera. The mummies' revenge!
I've read that typhus also lives in old latrine sites for thousands of years.
Some historians think the first pharaohs were invaders from the East
David Rohl wrote a book about this; I think, in general, it's believed that pharaonic culture came from the western desert, y'know, before it was desert, moving into the Nile valley as the Sahara dried out.
Some historians think the first pharaohs were invaders from the East
David Rohl wrote a book about this; I think, in general, it's believed that pharaonic culture came from the western desert, y'know, before it was desert, moving into the Nile valley as the Sahara dried out.
14 posted on 11/16/2007 9:30:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 15, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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17 posted on 11/16/2007 10:12:33 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 15, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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“Peasants ate bread that was so coarse it wore away their teeth”

The reason for tooth wear was that the grinding stones used left stone grit in the flour.


18 posted on 11/16/2007 10:14:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 15, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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19 posted on 11/16/2007 10:18:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Thursday, November 15, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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20 posted on 11/16/2007 10:26:14 PM PST by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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Interesting. Thanks for that blam.


27 posted on 11/17/2007 9:55:55 AM PST by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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