Pyramids were built with concrete rather than rocks, scientists claim

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[Rodney King]

The Ancient Egyptians built their great Pyramids by pouring concrete into blocks high on the site rather than hauling up giant stones, according to a new Franco-American study.

It's one thing to be a Renaissance Man, but to figure out this and make Spaghetti-O's is pretty dammned impressive.

[cripplecreek]

to figure out this and make Spaghetti-O's is pretty dammned impressive.

The tricky part is hinding the knots.

[kinoxi]

They probably used a combination of natural and man made materials. Just like we do today.

[captain_dave]

Possible theory. It's known that the Romans had concrete and ancient people used mud bricks.

[PetroniusMaximus]

This after the Roman computer!

What's next?

The ancient Greeks had TVs???

[WorkingClassFilth]

...even though the wheel had not been invented at that time.

They don't have a friggin clue as to what was around at that time - or before. The recent posts here on the mechanical astronomical computer dating from before Christ blew scientists away when it was discovered. There is very little that is new under the sun and what is, isn't due to any greater intelligence in our times.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Southwestern Asia (Middle East) had batteries.

[Rodney King]

good memory.

[seastay]

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TREASURES FOUND IN THE GRAND CANYON

http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/text/0000tx09x.html

[Rodney King]

There was a good article once about a battery in ancient iraq... i posted it on FR I think.

[Alter Kaker]

Some dissenters say that levers or pulleys were used, even though the wheel had not been invented at that time.

This was printed in a semi-reputable newspaper? I think that sentence de-legitimizes the rest of the article. The wheel had been in use in Egypt for thousands of years before the first pyramid.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

The Romans has "IV's" They called the FOURS tho.

[GSlob]

Lime from fireplace ash...
The trouble with this theory is that ancient Egypt did not have much in terms of fuel - no extensive forests. And out of reeds and few palm trees it would not be easy to organize lime kilns on any noticeable scale, let alone for the pyramids. They had enough fuel for pottery kilns, primitive metallurgy on modest scale, and that was about it. And the large pyramids were built fast, too - each one during a single reign.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Appreciated. Will search.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

They don't have a friggin clue as to what was around at that time - or before.

Amen to that. If one reads and studies the construction of the Great Pyramid, it's quite fascinating.

[Indy Pendance]

We need to call in the mythbusters. (OK, not quite the same, but I'd bet Jamie and Adam would love to build a pyramid)

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/06/mythbusters_jetpack_pyramid_po.html

[skippermd]

Edit: "The Ancient Egyptians built their great Pyramids by pouring concrete into blocks high on the site rather than hauling up giant stones, according to an American paper published after the French flaked in a Franco-American Study."

[dforest]

Interesting, but what difference does it really make today?
Smart thought , but nothing not already figured out. Just common sense. Natural, isn't it!

[cripplecreek]

I know that Zahi Hawass gets pretty irritated with the suggestion that the ancient egyptians weren't smart enough to figure out who to do these things on their own. Suggesting that it was aliens sends him round the bend.

[trumandogz]

The Aztec's invented the iPod and the ugliest car ever.


The Pontiac Aztec.