On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:19:23 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:


If I may, as the same thought occurred to me, I believe his point is
that the 3,4,5 rule, commonly referred to as the Pythagorean theorem, is
credited to Pythagoras. It's difficult to use concepts that have not yet
been developed.

Obviously there is a hell of a lot we don't know about the state of
technology on Earth at the time the pyramids were built.

Au contraire, mon ami. At least in this case.

Most of the pyramids did not require the local use of mathematics at
all. They were usually built from kits sold by Sears, and all the
calculations were done by Sears technicians.

Check out www.sears.com/lib/archives/stone/2000.htm