Posted on 03/03/2007 8:11:43 AM PST by aculeus
We can dig it!
King Tut's treasure was an attempt by the priests to buy carbon credits from the boy king. At his death he became "carbon neutral." Or very lazy. No one is really sure.
Wasn't franklin in some goofy social club, like the moose lodge or something?
Franklin was a Free Mason. The "Eye" is a Masonic symbol.
Nah...who would believe that silly claim? I mean, next you will argue that ALL the founders were masons, and that the US government is the embodiment of masonic ideals, or something utterly crazy like that...
I tell you, nobody would believe it!
The treasure the mason held in trust was not an idea, it was a hord of gold! It is under trinity church in NY, everybody knows that!
(LOLOLOL. This is fun).
heheheheh. Has to involve cheese, somehow.
"I have always questioned why the Egyptians Mayans and other ancient cultures built huge stone structures in the first place. "
Same reasons we do. But they build pyramid shaped structures because it was the only shape that they could build very big, and very high, that wouldn't fall over.
That's right and that's why we see the pyramid shape used through out the world.
At one time the Saraha Desert was forested. Overgrazing by shepards was not kind to it. Can't say how humid Egypt was at that time. I would suspect the priest would be thorough in any case, just in case there was any moisture left as a result of the embalming.
All just speculation on my part. Its probably more likely that the salt was in the clay used to make the mortar.
I know that we use calcium carbonate to melt road ice around here. Very corrosive on metal. Not certain what it would do to cloth.
I have to plead ignorance as to what they used for embalming. I thought it was some concoction of gum or myrhh that was placed in the body cavity to suck out the mosture. Perhaps salt has some religious significance. Perhaps none at all. We can have fun and speculate tho.
The salt used was natron, hydrated sodium carbonate.
great article
thanks for the book tip
Sort of. He left the body in the material longer than he should have, since when he first pulled it out, he didn't think it was dry enough, so back in it went.
The reason to pulled the body out before its completely "dry" is to be able to work with it and not snap off limbs trying to pose it in its final bound form, as the professor found out.
That's about all I remember from the show.
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The pharaohs spent most of their reigns getting stoned.
Meteorites From Under The Pyramids
PAP | 1-20-2007 | Science And Scholarship In Poland
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Deciphering of earliest Semitic text reveals talk of snakes and spells
Jerusalem Post | Jan. 23, 2007 | Etgar Lefkowitz
Posted on 01/23/2007 10:40:26 AM EST by Alouette
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