Evidence of a lost Ancient Civilization at the Serapeum of Saqqara [ch 5, Conclusion]

YouTube ^ | April 16, 2019 | UnchartedX

[SunkenCiv]

In this, the final Chapter of my Serapeum Series, we investigate the evidence for a lost ancient civilization at the Serapeum, take a look at the evidence for renovation and inheritance on the site, and discuss what it all means in the broader context for the story of history and human civilization. In previous episodes, I've been promising conclusions and that I would tell you what I really think about the history of this site - and so I do, and it extends to much of ancient Egypt. Transcript is available on my website.

[SunkenCiv]

[snip] To the casual observer, the Mausoleum of Theoderic is far from being one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in Italy, or even near Ravenna. But when you learn that the roof is made of one single stone slab weighing 230 tons, and that no one is quite sure how the builders got it up there, things get far more interesting. [/snip]

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mausoleum-of-theoderic

images search:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Theodoric%E2%80%99s%20Tomb&spell=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&tbm=isch

[SunkenCiv]

The Obelisks of Rome
https://www.romeartlover.it/Obelisks.html

The 13 Obelisks of Rome
February 16, 2016
Pat Byrne
The city of Rome has the most obelisks in the world! 13 true obelisks, stone pillars made from single blocks of stone.
https://www.italyperfect.com/blog/the-13-obelisks-of-rome.html

List of obelisks in Rome
There are eight ancient Egyptian and five ancient Roman obelisks in Rome, together with a number of more modern obelisks; there was also until 2005 an ancient Ethiopian obelisk in Rome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_obelisks_in_Rome

[SunkenCiv]

There have been, and will be again, many destructions of mankind arising out of many causes; the greatest have been brought about by the agencies of fire and water, and other lesser ones by innumerable other causes. There is a story, which even you have preserved, that once upon a time P[h]aethon, the son of Helios, having yoked the steeds in his father's chariot, because he was not able to drive them in the path of his father, burnt up all that was upon the earth, and was himself destroyed by a thunderbolt. Now this has the form of a myth, but really signifies a declination of the bodies moving in the heavens around the earth, and a great conflagration of things upon the earth, which recurs after long intervals; at such times those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the seashore.

Timaeus by Plato | tr by Benjamin Jowett | Project Gutenberg Etext prepared by Sue Asscher

[Windflier]

you have no evidence for your claim, but you make up for it rejecting evidence for the contrary.

There IS no evidence to the contrary.

The Cairo Museum has thousands of dynastic Egyptian tools on display, but you know what's missing? Tools that are hard enough to cut, shape, and polish granite. That would be evidence to the contrary.

They also have hundreds of illustrated panels, showing daily life in their world, and the world of their pharaohs and gods. What's missing from those illustrations? Any depiction of pyramid building or other megalithic construction. That would be evidence to the contrary.

You know what else is missing? Any inscriptions inside the pyramids. But wait. Didn't the ancient Egyptians put their mark on everything they built - most especially the tombs of the kings? Yeah, they did, so where are the inscriptions inside their greatest monuments? That would be great evidence to the contrary.

I am not trying to prove to you that an advanced precursor race built Egypt's megalithic structures. I'm telling you that all objective evidence points to that conclusion, and away from the bankrupt theory which proposes the ancient Egyptians built them.

[SunkenCiv]

The tools used to cut stone were themselves made of stone, and they wore out, replaced in turn, over and over, until no more work was being done.

Actually, there is writing inside the Great Pyramid, in one of the relieving chambers, graffiti, "how mighty is the Great White Crown of Khufu" (work gang). Also, there was a small bit of the surviving plaster relief when Egyptologists first recorded the interior, but it has since flaked away -- it referred to such-and-such year of the cattle drive for Khufu's reign. That's two inscriptions inside the pyramid. Never read about those? That's not surprising at all. But you have no more excuse to be ignorant of them.

You're definitely not proving anything, other than your own devotion to baseless superstitions.

[SunkenCiv]

Joe Rogan Experience #1124 - Robert Schoch

[Windflier]

The tools used to cut stone were themselves made of stone, and they wore out, replaced in turn, over and over, until no more work was being done.

You need a stone harder than granite to work it. Diamond is one of the few stones of sufficient hardness to work granite. There are no diamond tools in the Cairo Museum, are there?

And please don't make me laugh with that lame tale about the cartouche in the relieving chamber. And plaster flaking off the walls? Some would be left, if there ever was any, and there isn't.

Now who believes in superstition?

[Tired of Taxes]

Enjoying this thread... My youngest never covered World History in full, so we’ve been reviewing it together. We were talking about the Minoans today. Fascinating.