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"When anyone reflects on ancient Egypt today, the Great Pyramid of Cheops and its
staggering dimensions invariably are brought to mind: It stands 481 ft. high and contains 2
million blocks of yellowish limestone. Each block weights 2.5 tons, was quarried miles away,
floated on barges, and dragged from the shores of the Nile to its present site."
A long time ago, I posted about a French chemist named Davidovitz, who specializes in chemistry of such things as cement, who wrote a book which entirely convinced me that the blocks of the Great Pyramid were not quarried and laboriously lifted up hundreds of feet from the river below, but made from a form of something similar to cement, and cast in molds in situ. Unfortunately, few archaeologists believe him.
But I could not find anything improbable in his arguments. If anyone is interested, PM me, and I will try to see if any of his stuff is still on Internet. Unfortunately Yahoo drops things after a few years.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Post deleted by SilkMuse SilkMuse 06/11/02 06:06 PM Re: Keeping Abreast wwh 06/11/02 06:16 PM Re: more plumbing history wwh 06/11/02 10:37 PM Re: Egyptian plumbing wwh 06/11/02 11:27 PM Re: Egyptian plumbing of troy 06/11/02 11:49 PM Re: Building of Pyramids wwh 06/11/02 11:38 PM Re: Keeping Abreast of troy 06/11/02 07:08 PM Re: Greek plumbing wwh 06/11/02 11:47 PM Re: Greek plumbing wwh 06/11/02 11:52 PM Re: Jerusalem plumbing wwh 06/11/02 11:59 PM Re: Greek plumbing of troy 06/12/02 12:17 AM
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