Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

New discovery: Egypt's oldest harbor, collection of papyrus uncovered
Catholic Online ^ | April 16, 2013

Posted on 04/17/2013 1:56:37 PM PDT by NYer

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-29 last
To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for the background links, the exposed blocks I saw sure didn’t look like concrete to me.. interesting.


21 posted on 04/17/2013 7:47:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: NormsRevenge

My pleasure.


22 posted on 04/17/2013 8:41:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: NYer; SunkenCiv

one thing to note would be the population of the world in 2000 BC was about 25 million


23 posted on 04/18/2013 6:52:01 AM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros->Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: NormsRevenge

we underestimate our ancestors. Even without the wheel, they used other ingenious means to move these


24 posted on 04/18/2013 6:52:59 AM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros->Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

not really, pyramid building ended by the end of the Old Kingdom, so by 1700 BC, before Isaac’s sons moved in. The other buildings would have been built (temples etc)


25 posted on 04/18/2013 6:57:57 AM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros->Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

not really, pyramid building ended by the end of the Old Kingdom, so by 1700 BC, before Isaac’s sons moved in. The other buildings would have been built (temples etc)


26 posted on 04/18/2013 6:58:36 AM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros->Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Cronos

Au contraire — pyramid building continued right on through pharaonic Egypt, ending during the New Kingdom. The Middle Kingdom pyramids reverted to mudbrick, as the pre-4th mastabas had been constructed, with stone sarcophagi. During the New Kingdom pyramid building was much smaller, both brick and stone. Eventually, beginning with the 25th dynasty (Nubian dynasty of Egypt) the practice moved upriver, where it continued in burial practices until the 4th c AD.


27 posted on 04/18/2013 6:25:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: SunkenCiv

I did not know that. Thanks for the correction


28 posted on 04/19/2013 1:29:29 AM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros->Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]


29 posted on 08/25/2015 2:36:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-29 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson