Yes. I agree that is the accepted viewpoint historically. If however a Nikola Tesal could have built a Wardenclyyfe type tower that could light a flourescent bulb a kilometre away, then perhaps these people portrayed as gods were merely humans with flashlights mounted upon their heads.
For the sake of discussion (not that I expect that); pretend Egyptians had the ability to blow glass into a sphere (they did) and they also had mercury gas (they have found liquid mercury under pyramids). Then they would only require a power source.
Pretend for an instant that you were a king or pharaoh back then and you learned of a way to make a sphere glow or light up.
Would you not attempt to use it to show your magic powers and fool all the natives into believing you were a god?
If so. What kind of god would they call you? Would they call you a sun god because you had a frigging light bulb upon your head?
I do not believe they were truly gods. I was suggesting that if they did have such a Tesla Tower power source, light bulb hats almost make more rational sense than the current Christian dogma (and all ancient archeology is designed to fit theology).
So without true evidence Saqqara has been deemed inferior and as a cow burial grounds. Without a shred of evidence.
Consider that perhaps they really did use light-bulbs upon their heads to scare the natives.
You might get an image similar to above.
People might bring them gifts for just having glowing hats.
For the sake of argument. Imagine that the snake they most often use in conjunction with these "symbols"/light-bulbs is actually the snakelike appearance we witness in things like Crookes tube, etc.
To a native scared of their gods "light bulbs", this might resemble a snake.
Now the next picture a sciforums member has already explained as a giant zucchini. Perhaps it was.
Of course these are giant Zucchinis. Makes perfect rational sense?
There were many similar carvings.
Here is another.
Now the current theory has been put forth without any evidence except claims of lack of their technology.
Everyone who denies they may have had light bulbs could be biased based upon religious doctrines and feelings of superiority.
They had glass spheres and access to some of the noble gases.
There was a story of a sphere that was found in Egypt that when broken a silver metallic liquid seeped out and drained into the floor. If they did have lightbulbs then mercury would be the best choice. Our fluorescent lights today contain mercury gas.
However if they only had a power source that could broadcast Tesla type energy at least a short distance... Hmmmm.
I understand the current interpretations of Egyptian gods are that the hats imply their status, but if they could mount light-bulbs upon their hats, then we would need to start looking at Hieroglyphics a bit differently. We would need to ditch the Christian Dogma that states mankind has only existed 5000 years.
If bulls were used to feed the yeast in this Hypothesis, then maybe they would also portray them with light-bulbs. I refuse to think a culture advanced enough to move 100 ton rocks would worship cows.. but maybe?
The natives would see hundreds upon hundreds of these bulls led into the pyramids never to return if this hypothesis is true. If bull carcasses were used to feed the yeast in this pressurized quartz, they would be feeding yeast mixtures with bulls daily. There were 24 such granite boxes at Saqqara.
They would need a lot of bulls/cows.
So to an ignorant native observer, they might document that the king really loved his cows.
They might even give them godlike attributes also. This was pre-internet and maybe pre-library.
This hypothesis appears to make some sense. I realize it is not standard christianesque beliefs, but it makes more sense than that they worshiped bulls.
So a pharaoh would just apear now and again to wear alight bulb and shock the natives. Awe them with his light bulbs.
The notion of granite (quartz) boxes being used as pressurized anything makes more sense than worshiping bulls despite what Christians believe.
For the sake of discussion (I am not confident that will occur here). Imagine that they did have Tesla projected energy and a light bulb technology.
This row of Sphinxes could (for sake of discussion) be streetlights. Just place a round sphere (bulb) in every paw.
If possible (for discussion), this would make Egypt look a lot like Las Vegas at night.
NOTE: Egypt is often referred top as "The light of the world" in ancient texts.
Anyways... I'm not even sure why I am bothering here. Perhaps I was excited to get a somewhat serious response, albeit I am unsure.
But we would need to revamp the entire way Christians view history.
We would need to reconsider that perhaps the Egyptians were actually wearing the hats they were depicted with all the time.
Example: The symbolism of the above Hieroglyph might mean something to a Christian biographer, but it does not mean they are interpreting based on correct facts.
Could they be referring to an indoor light in this hieroglyph and not the sun?
This next is interpreted as "The sun rises over the circular mound of creation as goddesses pour out the primeval waters around it"
If we considered they may have had a tiny bit of advanced knowledge for their time, we could look at hieroglyphs like above in a different light ("Light" - get it? Light (narf) )
Are all spheres portrayed in Hieroglyphs be such light? The only argument against it is our beliefs that they were too inept back then. Our belief should not dictate science
It would change the way we look at "spheres"/"snakes"/"ankhs"/"Sarcophagi", etc. We would need to update history and challenge Christian dogma.
This topic is not unique to me. I just stumbled upon it and it makes perfect sense. Despite the naysayers prevalent here.
This is just one channel on the bandwagon.. It will grow as people learn and accept that Dogma does not necessarily mean truth.
Anyways.. I have at least given Dwyddry a lot of new ammunition. Have fun.