What a shock! Check out this recent post from Archaeology Daily News (you may have to scroll down to see the actual story). Pretty sweet explanation for how correct stone orientation and placement was achieved -- very simple and very clever. The architect's theory...
Megaliths
New Scholarly Paper on Archaeoastronomy and Pyramid Alignment
Pretty sweet – thanks to the “Talking Pyramids” blog for this one. After you’ve read the story at the link above, here are the papers: The shorter version The actual journal article. Editor’s note: broken links removed.
PseudoScience and the Ohio Serpent Mound
An interesting discussion on this over at the “Hot Cup of Joe” blog, which focuses on archaeology and anthropology. Check it out for some holiday PaleoBabble!
Stone Masonry and Engineering at Machu Picchu: No Aliens Needed
Stone Masonry and Machu Picchu I recently received and email challenging me to produce a coherent explanation of the architecture and stonework of Machu Picchu and other megalithic sites. The questioner wanted to know how anyone else other than aliens could have...
Two Very Nice Blogs on the Pyramids
Part of combating PaleoBabble is exposing it — and Egyptology seems to breed more paleo-nonsense than most fields. Another need is dispensing solid information in its place. I’m adding these two blogs to PaleoBabble’s blogroll, but I wanted you to...
The Construction of the Pyramids
Despite the photographic evidence below, I’m still on the side of human construction for the pyramids. I’ve blogged previously about Wallace Wallington, the contractor who moves 20 ton blocks by himself, in earlier posts. This time around I thought...
Pyramid Inches and Pyramidiots
In preparing for the ancient Egypt class I’ll be teaching in a couple weeks, I came across this article on John Greaves, a mathematician who was obsessed with ancient metrology (measurements) and the pyramids. The article is about him and his pursuits....
More on Wally Wallington – The Guy Who Moves Monolithic Blocks by Himself
Kudos to V. Glitschka for sending me this YouTube Video of Mr. Wallington. It's worth watching - especially the few-second scene of him rotating an entire building by himself using his simple technology (It's at about 2:05 of the video). Sorry, no aliens appear in the...
Did the Egyptians Need Alien Technology to Build the Pyramids?
No. There are a number of interesting theories as to how the Egyptians could move the stones of the pyramids vertically and from the place they were quarried. The coolest involves simple physics. Check out the website (with video) of this retired construction worker...