Baz posted:

Wonder where they got granite from ?

didn't they ship the granite it making canal from the Nile 

I remember seeing about this Cemetry in another programme 

Sprout posted:

What is granite? what's it made from? 

common rock 

Baz posted:

I remember seeing about this Cemetry in another programme 

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

What is granite? what's it made from? 

Well I thought it was from mountains .....

yes so did I-know its common but not in the desert

Yogi19 posted:

Sprout posted:

What is granite? what's it made from? 

https://geology.com/rocks/granite.shtml

   I did know curling stones were made from it but I just didn't know where it came from 

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

Baz posted:

Sprout posted:

What is granite? what's it made from? 

Well I thought it was from mountains .....

yes so did I-know its common but not in the desert

Exactly Ros 

but the Nile had a different course then and there are loads of mountains in Egypt 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

but the Nile had a different course then and there are loads of mountains in Egypt 

how far is Giza from the Sinai Peninsula.. maybe they shipped it from there 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

how far is Giza from the Sinai Peninsula.. maybe they shipped it from there 

Not sure Dame 

Good old Imhotep

Thanks for the company, ladies 

Well I learnt a few more Egyptian facts there 

Yogi19 posted:

Good old Imhotep

Thanks for the company, ladies 

Night night Yogi 

Yogi19 posted:

Good old Imhotep

Thanks for the company, ladies 

night night Yogi 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

how far is Giza from the Sinai Peninsula.. maybe they shipped it from there 

yes -not tooo far

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes -not tooo far

I've not forgiven the Mayans for my hangover 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

I've not forgiven the Mayans for my hangover 

What's that got to do with the price of fish? 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

I've not forgiven the Mayans for my hangover 

Eh 

Waders! 

Sprout posted:

 

Baz posted:

Eh 

 

 

What's that got to do with the price of fish? 

they said the world was gonna end so I got pissed and then woke up to find I was just alive 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

 

Baz posted:

Eh 

 

 

What's that got to do with the price of fish? 

 

they said the world was gonna end, so I got pissed and then woke up to find I was just alive 

Rofl 

Wow ....that’s clever 

music off Vera 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Sprout posted:

 

Baz posted:

Eh  

What's that got to do with the price of fish? 

they said the world was gonna end so I got pissed and then woke up to find I was just alive 

PMSL!! 

Baz posted:

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

 

Rofl 

so clever...we were still sharing a straw hut with pigs 

looks a lovely place but never fancied Mexico

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

so clever...we were still sharing a straw hut with pigs 

yes

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

looks a lovely place but never fancied Mexico

Hoochie said it was the best holiday she ever had 

Baz posted:

Wow ....that’s clever 

very

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

so clever...we were still sharing a straw hut with pigs 

Yep ...or living in caves !

when you think the British were backward really in comparison to other nations until the industrial revolution  

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

looks a lovely place but never fancied Mexico

 

Hoochie said it was the best holiday she ever had 

yes a few have said they loved it-think its just the flight

Baz posted:

Yep ...or living in caves !

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

yes a few have said they loved it-think its just the flight

about 8 hours I think Ros 

Rocking Ros Rose posted:

looks a lovely place but never fancied Mexico

My niece has been on a cruise and she loved it 

We think earthquakes and volcanos are scary , but just think how scary they must have been for those ancient civilisations 

Dame_Ann_Average posted:

when you think the British were backward really in comparison to other nations until the industrial revolution