BeforeItsNews May 7 2014
Let’s take a look at a couple of ‘less’ discussed phenomena in Egypt first, and then we’ll take a journey through some pretty exciting places in Peru in the next post, in which we will discuss further the power centers and networks.
Part One—Egypt’s Ancient Technology
In the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan is an unfinished obelisk, so far it is the largest obelisk ever discovered. In fact, archaeologists believe that the female pharaoh known as Hatshepsut sanctioned its construction. Though modern engineers speculate whether or not the Dynastic Egyptians could have constructed such a structure.
“It is nearly one third larger than any ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected. If finished it would have measured around 42 m (approximately 137 feet) and would have weighed nearly 1,200 tons. Aside from the problem of shaping it, how were they presuming to lift it out of the quarry?” Brien Foerester
He states that some academics believe the obelisk was shaped with diorite stones (such as those seen in the above photo). However, Brien does note that diorite has a hardness, out of 10 on the Mohs scale (diamond being 10) of 6 to 7, which is basically the same hardness as the granite. As a result, this technique would would have been extremely unproductive.