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Electricity in Ancient Egypt

@MRC_Hans
What I'm saying is that it's still a piece of crap, as a capacitor. Not only it's using the worst dielectric available at the time, not only it's vulnerable to humidity in a major way, but it's a rectangular box. Of all people, I don't have to explain to YOU what a sharp corner does with electrical fields and charges. Yeah, now you have to cut down the charge some more just so it doesn't breakdown there.

What I'm saying is that if you want to impress the rubes, you can use both. You can have your wooden box AND a capacitor in it. There is no reason why the box has to BE the capacitor.
 
Well, two points:
1. I totally agree, but this is something you and I know. Back then, such knowledge was not a given.

2. I am just musing about the possibility. Frankly, I dont think it was constructed as a capacitor. Im not even convinced it ever existed.


Hans
 
I do not know it existed but historically it is probable. I do not believe it was made to have any special properties.

I lean toward it was made to hold stone tablets as suggested in the myth.

If it held powers as suggested in the myth the ones that knew it then would believe in divine origin of them from their god.

We can and have recreated it in modern times and fond an odd, if weak electric property but were our materials chosen with a bias to get that? Each attempt would have to be compared to see how they differ.

The original if it exists is held as sacred and the holder would never allow curious non believers near it, not with its " powerful " myth.

I suspect the original is broken bits at best or has already been recycled for its gold.

I just find the entire story interesting as it is documented well enough. Finding such an item would set half the world on fire to hold it as it is related to the base of three major faith systems.

Probably better than it is lost to ancient myth.
 
Sherman Bay said:
I won't even go that far. For all we know, it was a fictional object made up by a pious storyteller.

We're debating how fast a Lesser African Ostrobogulous can fly without knowing if it exists.
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*debating whether the Holy Grail was also a modem
 
I have authored a paper that explores the topic of electricity in ancient Egypt, which is relevant to the discussion in this thread. You can download the paper from my academia.edu page.

Thanks

Konstantin Borisov
 
Well that was unexpected.

Konstantin Borisov, could you please summarize one of the central claims in simple terms?

Something like: "The ancient Egyptians knew how to get light from granite under pressure, and built some structures with this goal in mind. For example, the..."

And then cite the works in which the example is discussed and the details of the theory explained.

Could you do that? I'm having a hard time being clear about what is going on in the first post. Thanks in advance!
 
Kborissov said:
I have authored a paper that explores the topic of electricity in ancient Egypt, which is relevant to the discussion in this thread. You can download the paper from my academia.edu page.

Thanks

Konstantin Borisov
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A link would be nice. The title of the paper would help. I can't find such a paper after of bit of Googling. :(
 
Probably can't link on his first post. But I'm not even going to bother Googling. Except to learn that "Konstantin Borisov" is the name of a Russian Cosmonaut. I suspect our poster is not he.

ETA: Perhaps this guy!

ETA: I dunno if this is the paper he's referring to, but perhaps.

See, I lied. I COULD be bothered to Google!
 
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sorry i cant post the link.

below should help:

scientific research publishing->archeological discovery

the papers title: the egyptian pyramids-connection to rain and Nile flood anamolies

i provide the keywords below:

Ancient Egypt, Heb-Sed, Naqada III, Old Kingdom, Pyramids, Maat Offerings, Rainfall, Nile Floods, Famine, Tempest Stela, Sphinx, Blue Lotus

Konstantin Borisov
 
Boris, your paper refers to Nobel physicist Charles Wilson. He invented the cloud chamber, used for tracking atomic particles, early in the 20th century. He did NOT invent clouds, nor did he look to controlling the weather using electricity, which your paper seems to imply. Perhaps you need a better translator.

Beyond that, it is all speculative nonsense, worthy only of a cheap science-fiction novella.
 
Andy_Ross said:
It must be very bad then.
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I've been reading the poster's materials for some years. He does get points for coming up with idea no one else has ever considered or imagined....especially as the evidence doesn't support them.
 
Hans said:
I've been reading the poster's materials for some years. He does get points for coming up with idea no one else has ever considered or imagined....especially as the evidence doesn't support them.
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He should turn them into sci-fi novels. Imagination is good for that. But as genuine science...? He makes a good sci-fi writer.
 
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