| Clark F Morris 2007-09-03, 6:55 pm |
| On Sun, 2 Sep 2007 14:11:00 +1200, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote:
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>"Alistair" <alistair@ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:1188680478.424311.59990@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
>Good try, but neither, actually. It is a  reflection on our view of
>History that the achievements of these people is only starting to come to
>light. It is partly their own fault because they believed the stars were
>Gods and so only the Priesthood were privy to knowledge of Astronomy. It was
>sacred, and to publicise it would have rendered it profane. It also enabled
>them to predict various events, which gave them power over the populace. No
>Religion is going to give away its power base (and put Priests out of
>work...and yes, I HAVE read "The Shoes of the Fisherman" :-)), for the
>public good...:-) This one was no exception.
I assumed Egypt from your writing. It would be interesting to know if
there were parallel developments in China or India.
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>Pete
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