Kite flying in Egypt

An Egyptian hieroglyph shows men in what appears to be holding ropes tied to something in the air resembling a giant bird in the sky. This painting has lead many Egyptologists to ponder the idea the pyramids were built by using kites to move the massive stones.

Aeronautics experts tested this idea by rigging up a pulley system connecting a 430 square foot 'para-foil' sail to a 15' obelisk in an effort to raise the stone from a horizontal position to that of a vertical one using only the wind. Although the 10 mph wind was only half as strong as that calculated to be necessary, the 3 _ ton column was lifted to the vertical position in just 40 seconds.

References:
New Scientist, October 27, 2001, p. 43.

Creation application: Another lie long promoted by evolutionists is that of the further we look into the past, the less sophisticated man is presumed to be. They ignore the many facts that refute these claims one of which is the pyramid builders. The older the ziggurats and pyramids, the higher the level of science and technology used to build them. Not to mention the ancient Myans, as well as other civilizations, be capable of calculating lunar phases.