Show an interesting discovery dr ferdinand seeder an egyptologist living in new york claims to have discovered bow the people of the nilo bull their of stone for centuries tins ques llon ha bothered that part of egypt cherb tho great pyramids the sphinxes und obelisks are thickest is most distant from any point where stone can be obtained the theory hace been that the egypt tiana carted immense blocks of weighing hand rede of tons for a die knee of hundreds hun dreda of s and heap leg one upon another bohld the pyramids that lh of theise great blocks 01 were chiseled off by alie elone runs ins that then the design was cut out by the sculptor the great wonder has been how this material could have been moved areat a distance and be put into place modern mechanical skill has produced no machinery large enough and powerful enough to accomplish euch work and the theory has been that the ancients had mechanical contrivances that we know not of and that bere rere far more powerful than the machines of today dr seeger now comes forward with u theory that would explain the mystery lie claims that the atone which forms the pyramids and obel irks was not quarried at a distance but was manufactured on the ground by a chemical pro cess known only to the egyptians and that it la something similar to our mod ern stone cement this theory not plausible but in fact seems to be the only rational theory the claim that tho stone out ot which the obelisks is formed is atone manlutac buted by chemical process would seem to be borne out by the fact thai needle is beginning to rapidly dsinter grate in kew york cl imae this obe liek stood for centuries in egypt and eo little effect did the climate have upon it that the writing traced on its surface by the ancient egyptologists was plainly legible at the time it was transplanted to american soil the climatic conditions obtaining in new york however have proved disastrous to the chemically prepared mater ial of this monument which lias looked down upon centuries in a few years it is predicted the obeline will be no moie sacramento bee |