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"Who enjoys an interesting discussion debate about the past and the origin of man kind.. man made religions unexplainable Artefacts "
I read a good book called Fingerprints of the Gods which was about ancient civilisations before romans or Egyptians.
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"Who enjoys an interesting discussion debate about the past and the origin of man kind.. man made religions unexplainable Artefacts I read a good book called Fingerprints of the Gods which was about ancient civilisations before romans or Egyptians. "
Hancock half-truths |
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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
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"Who enjoys an interesting discussion debate about the past and the origin of man kind.. man made religions unexplainable Artefacts I read a good book called Fingerprints of the Gods which was about ancient civilisations before romans or Egyptians.
Hancock half-truths "
He even admitted he made up a lot of it due to pressure from publishers iirc. |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Pyramid
Pyr = fire
Amid = in the middle
The word itself describes the function, the pyramids where the earliest known power generators. Discuss ...."
It comes from the greek word pyramis meaning 'wheat cake' because they reminded them of pointy topped wheat cakes.
In Egyptian the pyramids are 'Mr' or 'Mer' |
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"Pyramid
Pyr = fire
Amid = in the middle
The word itself describes the function, the pyramids where the earliest known power generators. Discuss ....
It comes from the greek word pyramis meaning 'wheat cake' because they reminded them of pointy topped wheat cakes.
In Egyptian the pyramids are 'Mr' or 'Mer' "
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"Pyramid
Pyr = fire
Amid = in the middle
The word itself describes the function, the pyramids where the earliest known power generators. Discuss ....
It comes from the greek word pyramis meaning 'wheat cake' because they reminded them of pointy topped wheat cakes.
In Egyptian the pyramids are 'Mr' or 'Mer' "
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Pyramid
Pyr = fire
Amid = in the middle
The word itself describes the function, the pyramids where the earliest known power generators. Discuss ....
It comes from the greek word pyramis meaning 'wheat cake' because they reminded them of pointy topped wheat cakes.
In Egyptian the pyramids are 'Mr' or 'Mer'
I learnted a new thing, thanks! "
And Obelisk is called as such because it means skewer in Greek. |
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"Pyramid
Pyr = fire
Amid = in the middle
The word itself describes the function, the pyramids where the earliest known power generators. Discuss ...."
According to the site etymology online, the word "amid" has its origins in 14th century English. Not exactly renowned for its expertise in Egyptology (until the Rosetta stone was discovered, the best accessible written evidence was Herodotus, which is... terrible evidence).
Looking at the etymology of the word "pyramid" on the same site, it's unclear to me whether the origin of "pyr" derives from "pur" in Greek, "pir" in Latin or English/Germanic predecessors, or something else. Even assuming it's just "pur", we'd need to figure out what word in Greek it'd refer to, which isn't straightforward.
Further, etymology is often a poor guide to historical meaning, particularly when combined with modern meaning. See for example, martyr (ancient Greek, witness) or sycophant (literal meaning possibly something like revealer of figs, possibly to do with legal reforms in late archaic Athens by the semi mythical lawmaker Solon. In classical Athens, the word means vexatious litigant. Which is not what it means today) |
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"Pyramid
Pyr = fire
Amid = in the middle
The word itself describes the function, the pyramids where the earliest known power generators. Discuss ....
According to the site etymology online, the word "amid" has its origins in 14th century English. Not exactly renowned for its expertise in Egyptology (until the Rosetta stone was discovered, the best accessible written evidence was Herodotus, which is... terrible evidence).
Looking at the etymology of the word "pyramid" on the same site, it's unclear to me whether the origin of "pyr" derives from "pur" in Greek, "pir" in Latin or English/Germanic predecessors, or something else. Even assuming it's just "pur", we'd need to figure out what word in Greek it'd refer to, which isn't straightforward.
Further, etymology is often a poor guide to historical meaning, particularly when combined with modern meaning. See for example, martyr (ancient Greek, witness) or sycophant (literal meaning possibly something like revealer of figs, possibly to do with legal reforms in late archaic Athens by the semi mythical lawmaker Solon. In classical Athens, the word means vexatious litigant. Which is not what it means today)"
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"Pyramid
Pyr = fire
Amid = in the middle
The word itself describes the function, the pyramids where the earliest known power generators. Discuss ....
According to the site etymology online, the word "amid" has its origins in 14th century English. Not exactly renowned for its expertise in Egyptology (until the Rosetta stone was discovered, the best accessible written evidence was Herodotus, which is... terrible evidence).
Looking at the etymology of the word "pyramid" on the same site, it's unclear to me whether the origin of "pyr" derives from "pur" in Greek, "pir" in Latin or English/Germanic predecessors, or something else. Even assuming it's just "pur", we'd need to figure out what word in Greek it'd refer to, which isn't straightforward.
Further, etymology is often a poor guide to historical meaning, particularly when combined with modern meaning. See for example, martyr (ancient Greek, witness) or sycophant (literal meaning possibly something like revealer of figs, possibly to do with legal reforms in late archaic Athens by the semi mythical lawmaker Solon. In classical Athens, the word means vexatious litigant. Which is not what it means today)
Swing knows her shit "
I have a very funny story about how etymology fucked up historians with a crazy idea for ages - and archaeology saved the day |
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