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Oct. 10 th : Ancient Egypt, part 2 Why is Egypt said to be mysterious?

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Oct. 10th: Ancient Egypt, part 2

Why is Egypt said to be mysterious?

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Rosetta Stone: carved in 196 BC(found by Napoleon’s troops in 1799)

AncientEgyptian

(hieroglyphs)

Demotic(an Egyptianscript from

200 BC)

Greek(from

200 BC)

Jean Francois Champollion

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Cross section ofinterior of Khufupyramid)

Egyptian hieroglyphs

Esoteric: pertaining to deeply hiddenmeanings

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Cranes for liftingblocks

Cranes for rotating blocks

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Straight ramp

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External ramp

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Internal ramp

Jean Pierre Houdin

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Combination of external and internal ramps

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Bob Brier

Jean Pierre Houdin

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What the internal ramp mighthave looked like from above

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What the microgravimetric survey showed

What the internal ramp mighthave looked like from above

Overlaying the two shows a good match

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What the the infrared thermography results should look like

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Riddle of the Sphinx

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Riddle of the SphinxNot to be confused withGreek Sphinx and her riddle

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Riddle of the Sphinx:

How old is this thing?Most common answer:

4500 years old

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Pyramid of Pharaoh Khafre

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During Reign of Khafre (son of Khufu) , about 2558-2532 BC. When was Sphinx built?

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Statue of Khafre

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Khufu figurine(from Abydos)

Closeup of Khufu figurine

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Khufu Khafre???

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The notion that the Egyptians are mysterious is false: we know more about them than other ancient cultures

Most of the final questions about pyramid building have been answered, and the last remaining questions are in the process of being answered

Even the Sphinx is not a riddle

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