古代金字塔建造方法新猜想.pdfVIP

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Pullingstingstobuildpyramids

Nooneknowsexactlyhowthepyramidswerebuilt.MarcusChown

reckonstheanswercouldbehangingintheair.

ThepyramidsofEgyptwerebuiltmorethanthreethousandyears

ago,andnooneknowshow.Theconventionalpictureisthattens

ofthousandsofslavesdraggedstonesonsledges.Butthereis

noevidencetobackthisup.NowaCaliforniansoftwareconsultant

calledMaureenClemmonshassuggestedthatkitesmighthavebeen

involved.WhileperusingabookonthemonumentsofEgypt,she

noticedahieroglyphthatshowedarowofmenstandinginodd

postures.Theywereholdingwhatlookedlikeropesthatled,via

somekindofmechanicalsystem,toagiantbirdinthesky.She

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拉蜇来建造金字塔

没有人确切知道金字塔是如何建造的。马库斯·乔恩（Marcus

Chown）认为可能是“悬而未决”。

埃及的金字塔是三千多年前建造的，没有人知道是如何建造的。传统

的画面是数以万计的用雪橇石头。但没有支持这一点。

现在，加州软件顾问莫琳·克莱蒙斯(MaureenClemmons)表示，风

筝可能与此有关。在仔细阅读一本关于埃及古迹的书时，她注意到一

个象形文字，上面显示了一排以奇怪的站立。他们拿着看起

来像绳子的东西，通过某种机械系统通向天空中的一只巨鸟。她

wonderedifperhapsthebirdwasactuallyagiantkite,andthe

menwereusingittoliftaheavyobject.

Intrigued,ClemmonscontactedMortezaGharib,aeronautics

professorattheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.Hewas

fascinatedbytheidea.ComingfromIran,Ihaveakeeninterest

inMiddleEasternscience,hesays.Hetoowaspuzzledbythe

picturethathadsparkedClemmonssinterest.Theobjectinthe

skyapparentlyhadwingsfartooshortandwideforabird.The

possibilitycertainlyexistedthatitwas