Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is unearthed near Cairo

Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by simonh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:50AM (#33175146)

Sure, maybe they couldn't because the techniques had been lost which we know is a thing that happens, or maybe they chose not to. Or maybe aliens. This is basically a god of the gaps argument, we don't know so therefore let's fill the gap with the wackiest made up fantasy crap we can think of. Well ok, if you like but it's basically just entertainment and nothing to do with reality.

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by ncmncm on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:03AM (#33175710)

Lost skills is wacky, now?

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by simonh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:16AM (#33175827)

"or maybe aliens" is wacky, but that's just a personal opinion.

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by ncmncm on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @08:36AM (#33176014)

You interjected the "or maybe aliens" yourself. Nobody else even hinted at it. You reveal that you never had any intention of engaging honestly.

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by simonh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @11:33AM (#33178506)

Maybe I'm reading too much into the claim that these objects were not created by the ancient Egyptians, and the assertion that they were 'machined'.

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by ncmncm on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @01:11PM (#33179986)

Nobody suggested they were not made by Egyptians. You made that up, too.

We don't know which generation of Egyptians did the top quality work. As already noted, inscriptions only establish a lower bound on age, but no upper bound. Evidence strongly suggests the means to do such work were lost, early on.

"Machined" describes the precision of the work. If you know how to get that without precision equipment, reveal it.

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by simonh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:16PM (#33181680)

Then what did you mean by “who really made” the boxes you said had been “precision-machined”.

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Re:Archaeologists hail ‘dream discovery’ as sarcophagus is u... by ncmncm on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:37PM (#33181960)

Maybe read exactly the post you replied to?

Here, I will reproduce it for you: "We don't know which generation of Egyptians did the top quality work."

Now you may ignore it in both places.

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