Tim Hogan
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They'd pour beeswax over it, and then they'd cut out and create a template for what they wanted to be burned into the granite. And then they'd just put a wash of the hydrofluoric acid on it, and it would eat away into it and etch it. I think this is also, if you go to Dendera, the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, there's these staircases that appear to be melted.
They'd pour beeswax over it, and then they'd cut out and create a template for what they wanted to be burned into the granite. And then they'd just put a wash of the hydrofluoric acid on it, and it would eat away into it and etch it. I think this is also, if you go to Dendera, the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, there's these staircases that appear to be melted.
They'd pour beeswax over it, and then they'd cut out and create a template for what they wanted to be burned into the granite. And then they'd just put a wash of the hydrofluoric acid on it, and it would eat away into it and etch it. I think this is also, if you go to Dendera, the Temple of Hathor at Dendera, there's these staircases that appear to be melted.
And there's all kinds of conjecture about how they got melted. I think it was a hydrofluoric acid spill because they were doing that etching on the walls going up the staircase. And they must have had a spill and it just melted the stairs.
And there's all kinds of conjecture about how they got melted. I think it was a hydrofluoric acid spill because they were doing that etching on the walls going up the staircase. And they must have had a spill and it just melted the stairs.
And there's all kinds of conjecture about how they got melted. I think it was a hydrofluoric acid spill because they were doing that etching on the walls going up the staircase. And they must have had a spill and it just melted the stairs.
I think there's something to that. They got these giant boxes down there, too, below the step pyramid. And they have almost like a cork on them. It's a stone cork. And you can tell they were like a pressure cooker type of deal at one point in time. So that steam could escape out. But if you tried to pull a cork out, it wouldn't let you do it. Right.
I think there's something to that. They got these giant boxes down there, too, below the step pyramid. And they have almost like a cork on them. It's a stone cork. And you can tell they were like a pressure cooker type of deal at one point in time. So that steam could escape out. But if you tried to pull a cork out, it wouldn't let you do it. Right.
I think there's something to that. They got these giant boxes down there, too, below the step pyramid. And they have almost like a cork on them. It's a stone cork. And you can tell they were like a pressure cooker type of deal at one point in time. So that steam could escape out. But if you tried to pull a cork out, it wouldn't let you do it. Right.
Quite possibly. I mean, you have to remember our, I mean, Chem or Chemit was the ancient name for Egypt.
Quite possibly. I mean, you have to remember our, I mean, Chem or Chemit was the ancient name for Egypt.
Quite possibly. I mean, you have to remember our, I mean, Chem or Chemit was the ancient name for Egypt.
And that's where we get alchemy from, and then from there came chemistry. Right. But it all goes back to...
And that's where we get alchemy from, and then from there came chemistry. Right. But it all goes back to...
And that's where we get alchemy from, and then from there came chemistry. Right. But it all goes back to...
I think that was the hydrofluoric acid that I was talking about. Yeah, I think that's exactly what they were using. And in fact, we even find, if you go to Aswan, the quarry, where they got all the stone from, you can find the pocking from the acid in certain areas to this day around there. And then even the... the unfinished obelisk at Aswan that has those scoop marks going down the sides of it.
I think that was the hydrofluoric acid that I was talking about. Yeah, I think that's exactly what they were using. And in fact, we even find, if you go to Aswan, the quarry, where they got all the stone from, you can find the pocking from the acid in certain areas to this day around there. And then even the... the unfinished obelisk at Aswan that has those scoop marks going down the sides of it.
I think that was the hydrofluoric acid that I was talking about. Yeah, I think that's exactly what they were using. And in fact, we even find, if you go to Aswan, the quarry, where they got all the stone from, you can find the pocking from the acid in certain areas to this day around there. And then even the... the unfinished obelisk at Aswan that has those scoop marks going down the sides of it.
And I think that was just where they would pour the acid down, you know, and under it too. Right. And under it. Yeah. And then they, that's how they would start to shape it. And, uh,
And I think that was just where they would pour the acid down, you know, and under it too. Right. And under it. Yeah. And then they, that's how they would start to shape it. And, uh,