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Topic Title: Precision Ancient Stone Vases
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Created On: 08/25/2025 07:42 AM
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dingpatch

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Two 'big' things about it all, , , ,

1: No, none of the ancient Egyptians we know could have 'ever' made these vases.

2: Even today we are not quite sure how they could have been made by ANY previously 'known' civilization, much less just how we ourselves would go about making them to such precision. One guy said that he 'might be able to' make 'one' if, , , , he had a 5-axis machine tool that has yet to be made with such accuracy and, , , , about a 1/2 million dollars of diamond cutters.



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Edited: 08/25/2025 at 07:46 AM by dingpatch
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The "can't be too hard to make one with modern machines, , ," has to be tempered with the fact that there have been about/around 40,000 of these found under the Pyramid of Djoser alone!

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