A History Thread
The Scandinvans
11-01-2007, 03:32
Since, I am bored let us discuss my favorite topic of all history.
To start off why do not start off with who were the real workers who built the great works of Giza.
Bookislvakia
11-01-2007, 03:35
Aliens.
Gay aliens.
That's why they're so perfect n'shit.
Aliens.
Gay aliens.
That's why they're so perfect n'shit.
Explains the obsession with phallic shapes anyway:
http://hometown.aol.com/egypttour/photo/obelisk.jpg
The Scandinvans
11-01-2007, 04:44
No, I built them as a symbol of the square representing the family and the marriage between the woman of the night and the man of the moon.
To start off why do not start off with who were the real workers who built the great works of Giza.
Don't they now think that it was payed Egyptian and Nubian laborers that built Giza?
The Scandinvans
11-01-2007, 05:38
Don't they now think that it was payed Egyptian and Nubian laborers that built Giza?In reality it was only really those of Egyptian workers as of yet the Old Kingdom really used foreigners for much.
Halliburton got the job on a no-bid basis.
Aurendia
11-01-2007, 05:53
Halliburton got the job on a no-bid basis.
No, because the pyramids were actually finished.
Iztatepopotla
11-01-2007, 05:58
No, because the pyramids were actually finished.
Yeah, but they were supposed to be domes.
Andaluciae
11-01-2007, 08:20
Generally, voluntary employees from the general Egyptian population. It was widely considered an honor to work in the employ of the Pharoah and there would be no need to enslave foreigners for such "holy" work, with the willing work force available.
Risottia
11-01-2007, 09:07
Since, I am bored let us discuss my favorite topic of all history.
To start off why do not start off with who were the real workers who built the great works of Giza.
Since the blocks are made of a sort of cement, I'd say it was masons from Bergamo, gated in from the future by Egyptian priest-mages.
Boonytopia
11-01-2007, 09:48
The cows built them. *nods*