but in Egypt.....
Early technique in cutting stones
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but in Egypt.....
What part of Cut, and then smoothed and polished, is unclear to you?
but could it polish diorite
But in Egypt, they also had access to high grade metamorphic rocks (Gneiss) which are capable of producing gemstones such as Garnite and Saphire.
Plutonic rocks (such as granite) can produce bands of gemstones.
And, finally, there is evidence to support the hypothesis that the egyptians might have had access to Emery (i've mentioned corundum a couple of times, emery is a form of corundum, it has a hardness of 9 on Moh's scale) through trade, or through native deposits.
I wondered about that myself, but there was some mention in amongst there of the interior of the box, and I got the impression he was using to measure (among other things) the internal angles and the smoothness of the walls.
Well it got River to claim that the rock box had that level of precision, yet the article never actually says that it does.
Indeed, the method he is shown using, just putting the square at one location for that picture, isn't clear enough for us to know how close to square the rocks are, and more importantly, how much they vary across a side.
You mean aside from the fact that some Aswan sands are up to 15% emery?
It was mined on an agean island (I forget which one, might be Naxos), it is known to have been exported from there, and is known to have been imported into the region during the Third Dynasty of Ur (I seem to recall there are records of as much).
Also, Emery has a density of 3.3-3.8 as opposed to 2.59-2.63 for quartz, so if you have a sand that's rich in emery, you can increase the degree of enrichment using nothing more than water (the quartz and emery settle out at different rates, alternativly, you can use a flume with riffles in the bottom, similar to what they do for gold.
Of course you don't, because you don't understand what polishing actually is.
so this site didn't really explain , polishing did it
That's not why I posted the link.
The link demonstrates that copper tools can be used to cut diorite when used in conjunction with sand. It's the same principle as using gemstone tipped saws.
The point that you're missing, however is this:
Anything that can be used for cutting, can also be used for polishing, it's simply a matter of how it's applied.
Yeah, figuring it must of been aliens isn't a stretch though?
Take it up with the experimental archeologists who have been able to replicate the results.
Or do you dispute the evidence that we have?
And it was sand that was used in conjunction with the copper, not sand stone.
look , I know this alien perspective and truth really would produce a back lash ,
its natural
I have no problem with this
but we have to come to terms with the fact that Ancient History , B.C.E. is there
this History is not a joke , it is serious accounts , about our deeper past , there archaeology , that proves this
now we can either face this Hisotry as it is and not take it as a mythology
or explore and understand this part of our history and respect it
http://www.oocities.org/unforbidden_geology/ancient_egyptian_copper_coring_drills.html
http://www.oocities.org/unforbidden_geology/modren_stone_vases.html
http://www.oocities.org/unforbidden_geology/Tomb_3111.html
Note things such as the photos of coring holes and saw marks on the granite in Khufu's tomb.
http://www.oocities.org/unforbidden_geology/modren_stone_vases.html
http://www.oocities.org/unforbidden_geology/Tomb_3111.html
Note things such as the photos of coring holes and saw marks on the granite in Khufu's tomb.
Spouting woo about aliens is not respecting it. It's disrepespecting the skill and ingenuity of the egyptian artisans.
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