FranzJoseph
November 13th, 2004, 02:57 AM
Chris Dunn single-handedly sparked new interest in an old monument and has added a new wrinkle to the "ancient technology" arguments. His book is a great deal of fun to read, but if he's right, we gotta re-write history.
http://www.gizapower.com/Articles/return.html
THE GIZA POWER PLANT: TECHNOLOGIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT was published in August 1998. Since then I have been overwhelmed by the response to the power plant theory. The reviews have been nothing short of incredible! I have received letters and emails from all over the world that support the argument that high levels of technology existed in prehistory on this planet and that the Great Pyramid represents the pinnacle of that technology.
Though the power plant theory may explain every characteristic and noted phenomena found within the Great Pyramid, without actually replicating its function (way beyond my own personal resources) it could be ignored or dismissed as being too fantastic by those who feel more secure with conventional views of prehistory.
Not so with the hard evidence of machining!
There is a section in the book that is increasingly being seen as the "smoking gun" which proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the pyramid builders used advanced technology. It is not a simple matter to dismiss the physical constraints imposed on those who would attempt to accurately replicate the granite artifacts found in abundance all over this ancient land. Those who try to dismiss it do so from inexperience and do not understand the subtleties of the work, or they cling desperately to the belief that Western Civilization is the first civilization to develop science and translate that science into products that require advanced methods of manufacturing.
My article, Advanced Machining in Ancient Egypt has been under public scrutiny for around 15 years. (A shortened version appeared in Atlantis Rising #9 as An Engineer in Egypt, and a complete expanded version with the latest updates fills two chapters in the book.) With the level of support that it has received from those who, in modern times, would be charged with performing the same kind of work performed by the ancient Egyptians, along with additional proof, it is rising from the rank of theory to fact. Since its original publication in Analog magazine in 1984, this tentative, controversial thorn in the side of Egyptologists has been reinforced time and time again by my own on-site inspections and others who have had the opportunity to see these incredible artifacts for themselves. The weight of evidence and the educated opinions of those who understand this kind of work, are creating a consensus that is overturning our understanding of prehistory, with implications that are stunning.
The most awesome implication has to be that civilizations are mortal!
Civilizations such as ours can rise to great heights and be dashed onto a path of devolution by natural or engineered effects. In a blink of an eye, we can lose it all! Whether as one or multiple blinks of an eye, our distant ancestors in prehistoric Egypt received a mortal blow to the industry that was capable of creating the artifacts we see there today. Whether that blow came from extraterrestrial forces such as a comet, geophysical disturbances, or even a nuclear war, are open to speculation, the fact remains that their industries did exist, and they somehow became extinct!
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http://www.gizapower.com/Articles/return.html
THE GIZA POWER PLANT: TECHNOLOGIES OF ANCIENT EGYPT was published in August 1998. Since then I have been overwhelmed by the response to the power plant theory. The reviews have been nothing short of incredible! I have received letters and emails from all over the world that support the argument that high levels of technology existed in prehistory on this planet and that the Great Pyramid represents the pinnacle of that technology.
Though the power plant theory may explain every characteristic and noted phenomena found within the Great Pyramid, without actually replicating its function (way beyond my own personal resources) it could be ignored or dismissed as being too fantastic by those who feel more secure with conventional views of prehistory.
Not so with the hard evidence of machining!
There is a section in the book that is increasingly being seen as the "smoking gun" which proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the pyramid builders used advanced technology. It is not a simple matter to dismiss the physical constraints imposed on those who would attempt to accurately replicate the granite artifacts found in abundance all over this ancient land. Those who try to dismiss it do so from inexperience and do not understand the subtleties of the work, or they cling desperately to the belief that Western Civilization is the first civilization to develop science and translate that science into products that require advanced methods of manufacturing.
My article, Advanced Machining in Ancient Egypt has been under public scrutiny for around 15 years. (A shortened version appeared in Atlantis Rising #9 as An Engineer in Egypt, and a complete expanded version with the latest updates fills two chapters in the book.) With the level of support that it has received from those who, in modern times, would be charged with performing the same kind of work performed by the ancient Egyptians, along with additional proof, it is rising from the rank of theory to fact. Since its original publication in Analog magazine in 1984, this tentative, controversial thorn in the side of Egyptologists has been reinforced time and time again by my own on-site inspections and others who have had the opportunity to see these incredible artifacts for themselves. The weight of evidence and the educated opinions of those who understand this kind of work, are creating a consensus that is overturning our understanding of prehistory, with implications that are stunning.
The most awesome implication has to be that civilizations are mortal!
Civilizations such as ours can rise to great heights and be dashed onto a path of devolution by natural or engineered effects. In a blink of an eye, we can lose it all! Whether as one or multiple blinks of an eye, our distant ancestors in prehistoric Egypt received a mortal blow to the industry that was capable of creating the artifacts we see there today. Whether that blow came from extraterrestrial forces such as a comet, geophysical disturbances, or even a nuclear war, are open to speculation, the fact remains that their industries did exist, and they somehow became extinct!
....[Rest of article at above link]...