Subdeacon Joe Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 The top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 https://www.openculture.com/2019/12/what-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-wouldve-looked-like-when-first-built.html 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 ,,, courtesy of Buckshot Bob 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 ever wonder why they chose a desolate area like that ? gotta be cause there is nothing else to be mistaken for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 The docu-series Stargate SG-1 explains everything about the pyramids and ancient Egypt. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, watab kid said: ever wonder why they chose a desolate area like that ? gotta be cause there is nothing else to be mistaken for it In the time of the Pharaohs Egypt was not a desert. It was lush and fertile land. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 20 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: In the time of the Pharaohs Egypt was not a desert. It was lush and fertile land. Yeah, but they ruined it with internal combustion engines, plastic bags, chemical fertilizers, and spray cans, etc. 1 2 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Final resting place for a civilization of pet rocks Imis 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 I took a flight out of Cairo years ago and the plane overflew the complex. An amazing sight from the air. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 8 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: In the time of the Pharaohs Egypt was not a desert. It was lush and fertile land. Not completely. The Egyptians differentiated between the desert area and the fertile Nile valley by calling the desert the Red Land and the river valley the Black Land due to the soils. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 I saw the pyramids in 1982. My ship pulled into Alexandria Egypt. I managed to sneak a ride in a tour bus full of my shipmates but once we arrived at the pyramids the tour guides realized I hadn’t paid so I had to hang out in the parking lot. Believe it or not, under armed guard. They told the cops I was a “stow away”. I didn’t get up close to the pyramids, but I got to see them. I didn’t get to ride back with my shipmates either, but I managed to finagle a ride with another tour bus. Oh, the cops wouldn’t let me take pictures either. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 (edited) I found myself in Egypt in October of 2001, shortly after the 9-11 attack, and got to visit the pyramids at Giza. I was a 2LT back then. I have a very funny story about running around Alexandria with two interpreters and an Egyptian driver, all in civilian clothes, carrying an M9 pistol and a gas mask in that man bag you see draped over my shoulder. Edited June 9 by Cyrus Cassidy #45437 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Sad part about that Part of World: after seeing it you wonder what they are fighting about. Nothing like doing the ditch over and over again: always was afraid a big cat was going to come over the dunes and use us for a litter box. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 1 hour ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: I found myself in Egypt in October of 2001, shortly after the 9-11 attack, and got to visit the pyramids at Giza. I was a 2LT back then. I have a very funny story about running around Alexandria with two interpreters and an Egyptian driver, all in civilian clothes, carrying an M9 pistol and a gas mask in that man bag you see draped over my shoulder. Your photo brought back a memory. Going down into the pyramid was really spooky. A little "tip" got you into the pyramid and the Cairo museum after hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 53 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: Your photo brought back a memory. Going down into the pyramid was really spooky. A little "tip" got you into the pyramid and the Cairo museum after hours. Baksheesh makes the world go round. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 That overhead shot certainly makes it look somewhat different. No point/peak. In some pics it does still have some of it's cladding yet. The whole thing clad when completed would've been QUITE impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 17 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: The top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. Can you imagine being the worker putting the last of those stones in place, and the foreman runs up and says "Wait, hold on a minute! The preist says we're about 100 yards off-target and and need to move this whole thing..." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 I would bet money that somewhere hidden on one of those pyramids is this: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 .I remember a program where Zahi Hawas showed an upper section that had the Egyptian version of that Kilroy graffiti. Translated to "The Friends of Khufu". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Checotah Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) I saw them in about 1977 I got to see 7 pyramids in that area. That is me in the red hat and it wasn't a MAGA hat, because they weren't around then. Edited June 10 by Dustin Checotah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 On 6/8/2021 at 9:09 PM, Subdeacon Joe said: The top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. I'm certain that's just a big version of Jenga. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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