Ian,

Engineering principles that are presented within a cultural context should be sound and technically correct. Until they are, the entire culture responsible for applying these engineering principles is open to question. The cultural context you speak of falls woefully short of being technically correct in explaining the pyramids and other artifacts in Egypt. Does this not give the engineering context precedence?

Best,
Chris

[I think Chris and I have now presented our views as best we can without much convergence. He clearly does not want to comment on the religious, esoteric and ritual aspects of Egyptian culture, as displayed in their architecture and texts, that I described in my last email. Consequently this debate is more or less concluded at least for the present... IL]