Chariot Wheels
Ken Down
in chariot wheels? In particular I am interested in the 12th Dynasty
period but comments regarding other periods will be welcomed.
Ken Down
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Knut KlavenessHeidelberg
wrote:
>Does anyone happen to know whether there was a standard number of
>spokes in chariot wheels? In particular I am interested in the 12th
>Dynasty period but comments regarding other periods will be welcomed.
Don't know about 12th Dynasty but if you look at the newsletter at
http://www.pilgrimpromo.com/WAR/discovered/html/chapter11.htm
you find:
"So far, this coincided with the Biblical account. They found several
6-spoked wheels, as well as an 8-spoked wheel. And finally, in 1988,
Ron found the 4-spoked gold chariot wheel, which looks almost perfect.
The reason this one was so well preserved is that coral does not grow
on gold. The wood inside the gold "veneer" was deteriorated, which
made it very fragile and for that reason, he has not attempted to
retrieve it from the water."
Here the standard number seems to be 4, 6 and 8. And I would guess
that 12 is another number.
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Ken Down
KlavenessHeidelberg
<heidelbergNOTinUSE@notINuseoperamail.c<ImVBAUEd...@galatham.demon.c
o.
uk>
wrote:
> "So far, this coincided with the Biblical account. They found several
> 6-spoked wheels, as well as an 8-spoked wheel. And finally, in 1988,
> Ron found the 4-spoked gold chariot wheel, which looks almost perfect.
> The reason this one was so well preserved is that coral does not grow
> on gold. The wood inside the gold "veneer" was deteriorated, which
> made it very fragile and for that reason, he has not attempted to
> retrieve it from the water."
It is a reasonable and safe working hypothesis that anything written by
or in association with Ron Wyatt is a lie.
Knut KlavenessHeidelberg
wrote:
>In article <ImVBAUEd...@galatham.demon.co.uk>, Knut
>KlavenessHeidelberg
><heidelbergNOTinUSE@notINuseoperamail.c<ImVBAUEd...@galatham.demon.c
>o.
>uk>
>wrote:
>
>> "So far, this coincided with the Biblical account. They found several
>> 6-spoked wheels, as well as an 8-spoked wheel. And finally, in 1988,
>> Ron found the 4-spoked gold chariot wheel, which looks almost perfect.
>> The reason this one was so well preserved is that coral does not grow
>> on gold. The wood inside the gold "veneer" was deteriorated, which
>> made it very fragile and for that reason, he has not attempted to
>> retrieve it from the water."
>
>It is a reasonable and safe working hypothesis that anything written by
>or in association with Ron Wyatt is a lie.
Well, I'm no supporter of Ron Wyatt and it was my mistake not to check
the web-source. Sorry about that.
Never the less, in this case there is little doubt about the numbers
of spokes. If you look at Chaim Herzog and Mordechai Gichon's book
Battles of the Bible you can read about war chariots and see
reproductions of pictures from Nineveh palace and other places (Egypt,
Judea) all showing chariots with 6 spokes. I've seen other
reproductions in other books showing 4 and 8 spokes.
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