Egypt finds remains of 3,700-year-old pyramid

[Fish]

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Egypt finds remains of 3,700-year-old pyramid



The remains of a pyramid built some 3,700 years ago have been discovered in Egypt, the antiquities ministry says.
An interior corridor and a block engraved with 10 hieroglyphic lines were among the finds at the Dahshur royal necropolis, south of Cairo.
The ministry said they were in very good condition and that excavation work was continuing to try to reveal more and establish the size of the pyramid.
It is believed to have been built during the 13th pharaonic dynasty.



Dahshur is where King Sneferu of the 4th Dynasty built ancient Egypt's first true smooth-sided pyramid, the 104m-high (341ft) Red Pyramid, about 4,600 years ago.

He also constructed an earlier version, the 105m-high Bent Pyramid, whose slopes change angle from 54 degrees to 43 degrees about halfway up.
Sneferu was succeeded by his son Khufu, the renowned builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza, which is 138m high and was a wonder of the ancient world.

[TLO]

That's quite impressive!

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Nickhead

but yet we find dinosaur bones on the surface of the earth just waiting to be 'dusted' off.

Yes that would be the erosion component of resettlement of layers

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Yes that would be the erosion component of resettlement of layers

Or somebody wants us to find them. [Insightful stare with one eyebrow raised.]

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Where does the soil come from? Is it blowing or eroding from high places to lower places? I remember reading about an archaeology project once where they were measuring some mineral in the ocean that came from a mountain range, so they could check drought conditions in the past. So maybe there's that.

And plants are a good point. If you have dirt at Z=-3 inches compared to the ancient sidewalk and hoverport, and then the plant grows 12 inches and then dies, you could have dirt/mulch that moves up and over the ancient sidewalk and hoverport.

Wind would certainly move dirt around, but it would seem random that it would happen to pile up on the ancient hoverport. It seems like dirt is a zero sum game worldwide other than maybe stuff eroding off rocks.

But yeah, I read about places like Troy, and I've been to all sorts of historic places to see ruins, and they're often below ground level. Notre Dame has an old settlement under it, Mesa Verde has settlements that were excavated below ground level, and so on.

I guess the other logic is that we only find the ones that ended up underground because the ones that don't get buried either erode away or get carted off by local gypsies.

I am sure you have heard of the Arabia Steamboat in Kansas City, correct? It sank on the river only 150 years ago and was found a half mile from the current river bank under 45 feet of soil. It was covered that much in a short amount of time. There are lots of ancient rivers that would have also acted on these ancient sites and areas to help cover them, just adding to the other elements and coverage of these places.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Guess how I know you don't know anything about carbon dating?

I take it you missed the other thread

[redfan]

I bet it's magnetic.