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Mick Harper
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This appeared in a Megalithic Portal forum. Despite me never having come across any reference to the phenomenon before, everyone immediately dismissed it as a well-known problem. This may say something about me but more likely is an excellent example of 'old hat syndrome'. Either way it would put the kybosh on the more extravagant ideas. Just as they were becoming mainstream too... shame.
Having spent the last two decades, admittedly far from every day, measuring neolithic artifacts I cannot accept that ANY megalith is still in exactly the spot, or in precisely the same alignment to neighbouring big stones, as its builders intended. The reasons include earthworm activity, earthquakes and earth tremors, cattle and human activities, weathering, storms and lightning, heavy rain and landslip, modern traffic vibrations and careless reassembly.
Nor do I accept that it is possible to accurately measure the distance between any big stone and another. Even if we intend to measure from the dead centre of one stone to the dead centre of another, given movement, erosion, deformation and damage, assumptions still have to be made and one rarely if ever sees these being declared.
IMHO we need to measure not megaliths but miniliths: neolithic carved stone balls, neolithic carved stone ring gaps, chalk 'drums' and the like. I now have over a thousand of such measures and have written a paper currently before the editor of the History of Mathematics, so I can defend my corner and would like to hear what the mega measurers have to say in their defence. | |
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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As a certain Miguel Arpista once remarked, "careful ignoral" is the key phrase. As applied to the rearranging of the furniture at Avebury and Stonehenge.
Here's one we prepared earlier:
| William Gowland oversaw the first major restoration of the monument in 1901, which involved the straightening and concrete setting of sarsen stone number 56 which was in danger of falling. In straightening the stone he moved it about half a meter from its original position. | |
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Mick Harper
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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Paging TME.
Will the TME Admin please report to reception?
For a few days:
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The server is temporarily busy, try again later! |
How much later should we try?
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
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Wile E. Coyote
In: Arizona
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The first red flag to Wiley "is the earliest example of lost wax casting process." I seriously doubt that.
There are extreme dangers of explosions and highly toxic fumes when casting copper.
Lost wax casting is still difficult and unsafe using Bronze, but you will find actual evidence of the moulds for lost wax casting in Bronze, and there is ethnographic evidence.
Development wise you have to become super skilled at first casting in less dangerous Bronze, before finally attempting the method with the super dangerous Copper.
No moulds found for Copper age.
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Mick Harper
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No use for copper though, is there? I mean, anciently.
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Boreades
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Mick Harper
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You'd better tell Spinal Tap.
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Brian Ambrose
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By the way - why does nobody talk about Graham Hancock? Or could you point me to the relevant discussion, thanks!
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Boreades
In: finity and beyond
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Have you tried the search page?
"Graham AND Hancock"
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Brian Ambrose
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What a splendid invention! But as I suspected, not much discussion about Graham Hancock. Is there a way to create such a discussion, and would one have permission from the authorities?
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Mick Harper
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In: London
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This forum owes its existence, admittedly indirectly, to Graham Hancock so bang away. Open a new thread in this section.
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