Ross Sauer wrote in a message to Patrick Ford:
-=> Quoting Patrick Ford to Ivy Iverson <=-
 PF> I am slightly inclined to the idea that the Egyptians never had the
 PF> means to  build the Sphinx or the pyramids, and that they are older
 PF> than Pharaoic  culture.
 RS> Ah yes, the "Von Daniken effect."
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 RS> The belief that ancient people were a bunch of drooling a***oles
 RS> until "aliens" or whatever showed up.
Uh oh!
 RS> Had you bothered to look at any CREDIBLE source of info on pyramid
 RS> building, you'd see that it went through a number of stages,
 RS> including two monumental (literally) screwups.
Credible in whose opinion?
 RS> And it doesn't take rocket science to carve big features on a large
 RS> rock.  
Just anyone who can draw.
Regards,
Roger
Roger.Nelson@f7.n3828.z1.fidonet.org 
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