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Pyramids and D&D
Aug. 24th, 2002 12:38 amYeah, I'm a geek. Every couple of weeks (which turns out to mean actually every 2-3 months), I run a Dungeons & Dragons game. So tonight I'm going over the characters, trying to find editable character sheets on the web, and then I gotta worry about how to print them, and doing various other prep tasks for the game. Info on it here if you want it. I'm actually spending more time watching the TV show I have on to provide some background noise while I do the menial preparation tasks. It's about pyramids - both Egyptian and American. (That's in, "The Americas", not "the United States" version of the word "American").
Our good friend Zahi Hawass is speaking on it, (because he's always on these shows, since he's in charge of the Giza Plateau these days) referring to the newage wackos he calls "Pyramidiots" who make up all sort of nonsense about the pyramids. A lot of stuff is unknown still. There is enough similarity between the Egyptian Ziggurats and Central American pyramids to suggest one may have copied the other (along with various other evidences of trade between the two places a few thousand years ago.) But nothing is really conclusive that there *was* trade, let alone any of the details of an atlantian empire that various groups propose.
At Labna, in the Puuc region of the Yucatan, there is a sign at the entrance to the site that points out that "The Maya built these sites themselves. They did not have the help of aliens." And also "Also, there was no mysterious disappearance. We did not disappear. We are still here!"
The show is now showing Catherwood's paintings as they talk about Palenque. Or as it Uxmal? It looked like Uxmal, but I only saw it briefly, and now they're talking about Palenque. Hmmm. OK, back to work to prepare for Sunday's game.
Our good friend Zahi Hawass is speaking on it, (because he's always on these shows, since he's in charge of the Giza Plateau these days) referring to the newage wackos he calls "Pyramidiots" who make up all sort of nonsense about the pyramids. A lot of stuff is unknown still. There is enough similarity between the Egyptian Ziggurats and Central American pyramids to suggest one may have copied the other (along with various other evidences of trade between the two places a few thousand years ago.) But nothing is really conclusive that there *was* trade, let alone any of the details of an atlantian empire that various groups propose.
At Labna, in the Puuc region of the Yucatan, there is a sign at the entrance to the site that points out that "The Maya built these sites themselves. They did not have the help of aliens." And also "Also, there was no mysterious disappearance. We did not disappear. We are still here!"
The show is now showing Catherwood's paintings as they talk about Palenque. Or as it Uxmal? It looked like Uxmal, but I only saw it briefly, and now they're talking about Palenque. Hmmm. OK, back to work to prepare for Sunday's game.
