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To: jetson

"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.


48 posted on 03/03/2007 11:06:02 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (It's turtles all the way down.)
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To: UCANSEE2

That's right and that's why we see the pyramid shape used through out the world.


49 posted on 03/03/2007 11:16:02 AM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (God bless our troops!! Our President and those who fight against the awful commie, liberal left!!)
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To: UCANSEE2; jetson
"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.

Yeah.. And it wouldn't roll away either..
I bet they felt really stupid after that "Ball-Shaped Temple" fiasco...

69 posted on 03/04/2007 8:01:27 AM PST by Drammach ("If you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." -- Benjamin Franklin)
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