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Steve Clayton Wrote:
>
> Hi Hanslune,
>
> It is simpler than that.
>
> There is plenty of water even today, situated
> behind the Pyramids. It wells up in a number of
> locations. You can use Google Earth, and find
> them, or I can show you with longitude settings.
> Can you use Google Earth? They well up and
> disappear on a regular basis. It was much wetter
> 4,500 years ago. Not like what we see today. And,
> as water runs downhill, they had a constant
> source. They were proficient ditch diggers, which
> is well documented. I spend the better part of a
> year researching all the potential water sources,
> creating height maps and terrain mapping. There
> are a few which are within 1-2 hours walking
> distance. The Nile has plenty of water. Water from
> rain. Monsoons swept down from India on a regular
> basis.
Monsoons?
So again where were the tons of water coming from. There is water in the limestone beneath the Plateau but how did they lift it up?
The water table is near the surfaces even
> today. They need to pump water out from beneath
> the Sphinx on a regular basis. Water is
> surprisingly heavy. A single cubic foot = 62.43
> lbs.
Yes and the sphinx is nearly the bottom of the ridge line
>
> The causeways are the tracks. There are two sides
> to the causeways. Two separate tracks.
okay
As one
> vessel filled with water slides down one side,
> the other side was being pulled upward. On that
> side, the vessel was carrying stones, of the same
> amount of water weight. A true counterbalance.
So you are saying one of the counter-weight drew up the other as the other went down?
> They were connected with rope(s). Barges, are
> built to keep water in, as that add ballast.
> Without that water, the barge is subjected to
> tipping over. All they did was increases the inner
> framing to hold even more water than usual. The
> water weight was filled at the top and drained at
> the bottom, as stones were being placed and/or
> removed. They then switched the water filling to
> the other side, and repeated the operation.
So the downward counterweight had to be filled enough to move heavier one and over come friction, got there the water was dumped, stones but on it while the upwards one was emptied of stone and filled with water.
So the problem I see is a source of water getting it to the barge and then the runoff of the water dumped. How many tones of water do you figure was used to draw up the other side - how many ton of stones were they bringing up. So are the ramps out of the quarries to the point to the causeway?
Once the stone were removed how were they then moved up to their place on the pyramid? Or can you show in a diagram where the 'station' was? How was the pivot constructed and where?
Thanks
>
> Hi Hanslune,
>
> It is simpler than that.
>
> There is plenty of water even today, situated
> behind the Pyramids. It wells up in a number of
> locations. You can use Google Earth, and find
> them, or I can show you with longitude settings.
> Can you use Google Earth? They well up and
> disappear on a regular basis. It was much wetter
> 4,500 years ago. Not like what we see today. And,
> as water runs downhill, they had a constant
> source. They were proficient ditch diggers, which
> is well documented. I spend the better part of a
> year researching all the potential water sources,
> creating height maps and terrain mapping. There
> are a few which are within 1-2 hours walking
> distance. The Nile has plenty of water. Water from
> rain. Monsoons swept down from India on a regular
> basis.
Monsoons?
So again where were the tons of water coming from. There is water in the limestone beneath the Plateau but how did they lift it up?
The water table is near the surfaces even
> today. They need to pump water out from beneath
> the Sphinx on a regular basis. Water is
> surprisingly heavy. A single cubic foot = 62.43
> lbs.
Yes and the sphinx is nearly the bottom of the ridge line
>
> The causeways are the tracks. There are two sides
> to the causeways. Two separate tracks.
okay
As one
> vessel filled with water slides down one side,
> the other side was being pulled upward. On that
> side, the vessel was carrying stones, of the same
> amount of water weight. A true counterbalance.
So you are saying one of the counter-weight drew up the other as the other went down?
> They were connected with rope(s). Barges, are
> built to keep water in, as that add ballast.
> Without that water, the barge is subjected to
> tipping over. All they did was increases the inner
> framing to hold even more water than usual. The
> water weight was filled at the top and drained at
> the bottom, as stones were being placed and/or
> removed. They then switched the water filling to
> the other side, and repeated the operation.
So the downward counterweight had to be filled enough to move heavier one and over come friction, got there the water was dumped, stones but on it while the upwards one was emptied of stone and filled with water.
So the problem I see is a source of water getting it to the barge and then the runoff of the water dumped. How many tones of water do you figure was used to draw up the other side - how many ton of stones were they bringing up. So are the ramps out of the quarries to the point to the causeway?
Once the stone were removed how were they then moved up to their place on the pyramid? Or can you show in a diagram where the 'station' was? How was the pivot constructed and where?
Thanks
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