Eegore wrote on 09/09/22 at 10:23:31: Why would it have to be a bronze chisel? Are you thinking these were cut before the Romans?
Every time a teacher told us how it was done, it was bronze chisels. They supposedly had not gotten to iron yet.
You ask a good question there. I just accepted what they said on the YouTube videos and the teachers in school all said the stones were cut with bronze chisels. AFAIK nobody has reproduced that.
2700 BC until around 1700 BC
The ancient Egyptians built pyramids from 2700 BC until around 1700 BC. The first pyramid was erected during the Third Dynasty by the Pharaoh Djoser and his architect Imhotep. This step pyramid consisted of six stacked mastabas
Nearly all of the dynamics of the Late Bronze Age came to a halt across the Near East as a result of combination of climatic factors, social unrest, and large-scale migrations and invasions that collectively are known the “Late Bronze Age Collapse.” This collapse, the reasons behind which are still debated, resulted in the sack of burning of cities across the Near East. Most notable perhaps is the “sack of Troy.” Thus, the Iron Age (about 1,200–539 BCE) began with a Dark Age that lasted for 300 years. Overall this period was marked by cultural, political, and economic decline in Egypt (the Third Intermediate Period) and across Mesopotamia. The Iron Age was also marked by the arrival of new people, notably the Sea People or Philistines. The Dark Ages ended with the establishment of the Urartian Empire, as well as the Neo-Hittite, Neo-Elamite, Neo Babylonian, and Neo-Assyrian empires across the region. Iran also saw the rise of the Median Empire, a prelude to the politics of Antiquity.
Best I can tell, the Egyptian stone cutters didn't have iron. Considering the fineness of the work, I don't see how it could have been done, even with iron tools. Some of the stones were limestone,, but certainly not all.
It's less than five minutes,
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h6H13Mi6KdsIDK how many people were involved in building the stonework you referenced or how long it took, and that is something to consider. But regardless of that, just look at how symmetrical this is.
And if statues and the black box don't get ya scratching your head, there are vases of hard, brittle material and the walls are thin. It LOOKS like the only understandable answer is a dang lathe.. So who knows how it was done? Phhht.. I sure don't.
Unless people are personally interested and curious and want to spend time watching the vidyas, Mehh, I'm not gonna spend time trying to get them into it. I've watched a ton of them. There are more questions than answers. I'm not saying aliens or anything. I have no idea. I just enjoy looking at that stuff and since I was unable to sleep because of the screwed up back, I watched vidyas and caught a little nap,woke up and watched some more.
Versy offered a suggestion, maybe pouring molten metal on a stone and that would make it easier to work. I have no idea how possible that would be, did they have a foundry to accommodate such an approach? If you did that, would it help? He's a smart guy, so, unless someone can explain why it wouldn't help or why they couldn't do it, I'll have to call it a possibility.
But that doesn't help me understand how the vases were made.
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.orgIf anyone has time and curiosity, I really enjoyed watching this stuff. But if you have a life that takes up your time. Meh, it's probably not something you are goin to do. I've noticed that since the surgery and starting to be more able to DO something today and Not be crippled tomorrow, well, not Crippled does not mean Not sore as hekk. Anyway, I enjoy this stuff, it's not a big deal. I'm not going to solve the problem. It's just kinda fun to watch and be left without a clue.
Hell, the tubular drills, almost forgot about that.. We don't have the drill ,but there are pieces of the stones that were cut out. The stones that have a series of holes punched in them and the cores removed to create a pocket exist. What were they made of?
Look at the spiral of the groove. I've seen a core that was removed by this method and a string wrapped around it in a groove, supposedly made by the tubular drill, and it looks like it was making about an eighth of an inch per revolution. That sounds beyond possible and may be. IDK,,
http://www.theglobaleducationproject.orgWell, Dammitall! I just realized I didn't get all of the address to get to The Page inside globaleducation.
I Gottsta get to the store and do stuff, even though yesterday I was in the shop helping my daughter with her car. I can Still go.. It's been 8 weeks and I'm doing pretty well.
Lower legs tingle and don't feel like they are mine, but,, it's better than before.
If someone digs up any other curious things, that would be great.
I'll give it another shot at that url.