Mythopoeika
I am a meat popsicle
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This interested me. Now, I'm not saying I agree with what this guy is saying, but it caught my attention. I'm just entertaining the notion right now, because it's interesting.
In the video, he examines an ancient Egyptian item apparently made of granite. He points out that woodworking techniques have been used to roughly drill out a mortice hole. His point is that it WAS wood when it was worked, and now it is petrified wood (i.e. stone). My initial reaction was 'nah, bullshit'. But...I did a web search for pictures of petrified wood, and it DOES look a LOT like certain types of granite.
If it was wood originally, I can't think how it eventually turned into stone. Normally, petrified wood has to be buried and the process takes thousands of years. Or...did the ancients have some method of petrifying wood?
Your thoughts?
Mods - feel free to merge, etc. I couldn't find a suitable thread to add it to.
In the video, he examines an ancient Egyptian item apparently made of granite. He points out that woodworking techniques have been used to roughly drill out a mortice hole. His point is that it WAS wood when it was worked, and now it is petrified wood (i.e. stone). My initial reaction was 'nah, bullshit'. But...I did a web search for pictures of petrified wood, and it DOES look a LOT like certain types of granite.
If it was wood originally, I can't think how it eventually turned into stone. Normally, petrified wood has to be buried and the process takes thousands of years. Or...did the ancients have some method of petrifying wood?
Your thoughts?
Mods - feel free to merge, etc. I couldn't find a suitable thread to add it to.