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Stones of the Pyramids were Poured, Not Chisled
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| 05-21-07
| Ranger
Posted on 05/21/2007 10:44:47 AM PDT by mission9
Drexel University researchers are revising the book on the Pyramids of Egypt, the last surviving wonder of the ancient world. The standard hypothesis for their construction speculates that ancient Egyptians carved the blocks out of nearby deposits of natural limestone, using stone age tools, and then floated the stones on barges, and used primitive ramps and levers to wrestle the blocks into place. The fact is, no one knows even to this day how the Pyramids were built. Many of the limestone blocks fit so perfectly that not even a human hair ....
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: achmedsreadymix; concrete; davidovits; drexeluniversity; egypt; geopolymer; geopolymerization; geopolymers; giza; godsgravesglyphs; josephdavidovits; pyramids
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Aliens had cement too...
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:44:50 AM PDT
by
mission9
To: mission9
When I worked water main installation...We just threw the bags around the joints and they hardened up “under water” in time. Perfect fit!!
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:47:16 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: mission9
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:47:50 AM PDT
by
true_blue_texican
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
To: mission9; SunkenCiv
To: mission9
so perfect that archaeologists and historians have been fooled for generations.That's easily done.
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:53:43 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: mission9
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:55:32 AM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: mtbopfuyn
So perfect that archaeologists and historians have been getting grants for generations from “fools” like u and me.
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:56:39 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: mission9
Evidently, KIng Tut was a member of the Gambino family.
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:58:29 AM PDT
by
Beckwith
(dhimmicrats and the liberal media have chosen sides -- Islamofascism)
To: mission9
LET’S ANALYZE THIS.....They made pyramids out of poured limestone, but their other buildings were made of mud bricks?..............
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posted on
05/21/2007 10:59:28 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(My gerund got caught in my diphthong, and now I have a dangling participle...............)
To: mtbopfuyn
To: mission9
How come when I’ve been saying this for the last three years, people think I’m nuts? It’s the only thing that makes sense, both for achieving a perfectly level surface and for getting a large block at that height.
Now, on to the crystal skulls...
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:00:43 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Applewood smoked bacon is the new chipotle.)
To: mission9
“Stones of the Pyramids were Poured, Not Chisled”
Guys named Guido were known to drive around in long black chariots, encouraging the pyramid builders to buy cement from them and not the competition.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:00:59 AM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
To: true_blue_texican
Illegal aliens - doing the work that Egyptians won’t do.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:01:29 AM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: mission9
Paging Dr. Daniel Jackson...
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:02:31 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: Red Badger
LETS ANALYZE THIS.....They made pyramids out of poured limestone, but their other buildings were made of mud bricks?..............I'd imagine that the limestone concrete would be more expensive therefore only used for the 'permanent' structures, while the mud bricks would be done for the non-permanent structures like, well, everything else.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:03:06 AM PDT
by
Terabitten
(Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets - E-Frat '94. Unity and Pride!)
To: mission9
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:03:08 AM PDT
by
jpsb
To: mission9
>The fact is, no one knows even to this day how the Pyramids were built
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I just cannot tell. Is Scully amused? Aroused? Bored? Is she awake?!
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To: mission9
This theory has been around for 20 years. Anything to sell books.
To: newfreep
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:04:45 AM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
To: mission9
here we go with this one again. nobody poured anything, the authors of the article obviously never bothered to read the two or three difinitive texts on the subject- the best one was written in 1929.
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posted on
05/21/2007 11:04:49 AM PDT
by
4buttons
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