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I give the Boy Scouts great credit

but not to have built the Great Pyramid
http://www.timstouse.com/EarthHistory/Egypt/GreatPyramid/interestingfacts.htm

Nor Puma Punku
http://ancienthistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_mystery_of_puma_punku

and as far as burden of proof, patience grasshopper. In this life I am not an astroarcheologist but plenty are at work. Stay tuned.

as far as amateurs having proved that all complex 3-d crop circles are surreptitiously built as pranks with boards and chains, overnight, beside public roads, and without being noticed by any passersby, good luck with that myth. You have to selectively quote a few farmers and ignore a whole lot more about light shows!
one of many- scroll through and explain them all- constructed overnight, all of them, just as hoaxes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEMnuXqfGYc&playnext_from=TL&videos=7oUX7SvOdF8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqhvmEIZG0o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugq6frGlKVQ&feature=related

Meanwhile, enjoy those Hitler shows on the History Channel!

I actually enjoy some of the more mystery oriented shows on The History Channel. And, other programming such as Ice Road Truckers is a blast, and so is Madhouse.

When it first came on, I couldn’t quite decide whether to call it the Airplane Channel or the Hitler Channel, as that seemed to be the preponderance of their early programming.

This is more interesting. Is it pure history? No, but it’s rooted historically.

Your credulousness must be nearly infinite to swallow the "facts" on that 'timtouse' pyramid site without an entire salt mine's worth of garnish (forget about the proverbial grain of salt). The half-dozen "facts" I've checked (reference books of real facts do actually exist) so far are, without exception, wildly inaccurate, leading me to view all of his other assertions with deep skepticism.

Just one example will suffice: 'timtouse' claims that "The average height of land above sea level for the earth is 5,449 inches. This is also the height of the pyramid." 5,449 inches equals 454 feet -- of course, I'm using a standard calculator, which does not, as far as I know, render in "pyramid inches," whatever that ludicrous measure may represent. Unfortunately for 'timtouse' and his believers, the actual average elevation of the Earth above mean sea level exceeds 2,000 feet, or more than 24,000 inches; precise average elevation figures are surprisingly hard to determine, because sea level, the referent for determining land elevation, varies by time, location, relative positions of the Sun and the Moon and the resulting tidal vectors, and other factors.

Moreover, 'timtouse' is equating his false earth elevation with an approximation of the current height of the pyramid. When completed, it is generally calculated that the pyramid stood more than 480 feet in height. His hilarious 'average world land elevation = height of pyramid' statement would not, of course, have been true when the pyramid was completed -- unless those brilliant alien builders cleverly calculated the erosion of the pyramid's height eventually would yield a height of 5,449 inches in 2010.

Instead of swallowing nonsense whole, perhaps a little time spent checking such claims might be of more benefit.