ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Piltdown Man, Great Spirit, Magnetometer
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Lotus is emerging from the water symbolizing the universe beginning with the earth. Egyptians thought of the water as the primordial universe. Bubble of the new world emerging form the primordial waters, supported by the god. The lack of oxygen in the egyptian pyramid, saying that the lighter did not light. However in vandoikes image there is a picture of a lighter being used to see the images which means there must be oxygen in there. As scientist we are looking for explanations, we may not have it at the moment, but we are making hypothesis and looking for them. We want explanations and hope to get them, but we may not have them. Georgia is trying to explain that electricity was not widely known in ancient egypt and that people keep these things as secrets. The egyptian light bulb has been shattered long before.
