Ancient technologies are full of mysteries... It raises all kinds of questions.
This is exactly why I am interested in these types of subjects, along with the range of comments, reactions, and opinions that they generate.
I glean much material from what pours in freely from all directions. Simple data points or remarks often link to ideas and concepts unrelated to the topic at hand, but hey there's something excellent from left field. Great, another trailhead!
For an example of how this works (it's not for the rigid of mind), here's what Sacajaweau wrote:
"I’ve always said the interior is built like a honeycomb."
Now, I've had the following page open for over a week, maybe two, so I wouldn't forget to go back to it (formatted as-is, the bold indicating what's in the original language quote):
With regard to the manna, it is written “bread” (Exodus 16:4), and it is written “oil” (Numbers 11:8), and it is written “honey” (Exodus 16:31). How can we reconcile these verses? Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, said: For the youth it was like bread, for the elderly it was like oil, and for the children it was like honey. Each received what was appropriate.
Wanting to get back to it, because it had reminded me of (specific place in bold)...
Luke 24
38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.
41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
(Each received what was appropriate.)
"I’ve always said the interior is built like a honeycomb."
And there it was yet again,
the little chambers filled by busy little worker bees. And thus it connects (Thanks Sacajaweau!) to my post 26, about how "Khufu" indeed built the Great Pyramid, but something got lost in translation.
(After all, those "ancient Egyptians" were big into the Sun 🔴.)
ingenuity -- it bursts right onto the scene, definitely the anti-Establishment type.
工夫
KufūNoun
device, scheme, laborer, worker
IT GOES ON:
Ancient technologies are full of mysteries. One that got me was the “Horizontal ‘I’” connectors that held giant stone blocks together. Or really, the molten metal poured into the “I” slots carved in the rock.
工夫
time and effort taken to perform a task; work
skills attained after taking the time and effort;
skilfulness; expertise; workmanship
work; labour; job; task...
The individual characters are further linked, so anyone who is interested can see what they mean and how they link up.
The manna depends on one's resolve, the willingness to check out different angles, perspectives. Intellectual curiosity -- it's an art and a science for the win, for the kid at heart. All kinds of recipes -- never boring.
Superman is always taking notes. It's his day job.
This methodology is ingrained with quirky contexts and curiosities that serve to make the memories happen without effort, like not having to try to remember someone's birthday because it falls on Christmas or whatever.
It's truly amazing how simple observations and natural memory feed off of each other and integrate for the huge knowledge build, built upon a rock-solid foundation.
IOW, how to construct massive pyramids with blocks that drop down from the sky and magically float right into place with perfect alignment, no adhesives required.
Or how to build a Temple without making a peep.
Like how Santa operates.
And it's like how Art Weingartner lamented that his wife was lamenting how "the crows are too big for the birdfeeder", so she was all over his back to get rid of them --
the word out there is that Ezekiel's Temple is "too big for the Temple Mount."
Right at the beginning: The Burbs 1989 - Food
See? Whatever works (work smart, not hard). Accept no substitutes.
"Hidden mega-structures beneath Egypt"
Build Back Better! Thanks, Daily Mail!
(Best investigative reporting on the planet. Read the New York Times if you want, they get lucky sometimes.)
~ EZ
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