Re: Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids

On 4 Dec 2006 16:10:42 -0800, "chazwin" <chazwyman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Archae Solenhofen wrote:
On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:50:01 GMT, David Johnson
<trolleyfan_spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Florian) wrote in
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David Johnson <trolleyfan_spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We've HEARD of this all before. It's not new. It's an _old_ theory
that's been disproved, well, for decades.

That's true. It's quite new to me. (I'm currently googling through
past articles)

But the theory that Barsoum is pushing is a actually new (mix of
carved and cast stones).
In contrary to Davidovits and his "all cast stones" theory, this one
should make everybody happy.

Why? It just shows they couldn't prove Davidovits's theory and hoped
that, if they lower the number of blocks involved, they can always claim
the Established Archaeologists (or geologists or whatever) tested the
wrong block.

"See! It's Easy! That's how you missed it: It's only these few blocks,
ummm, over here somewhere."

This is reminiscent of Schoch's "weak form of the geopolymer
hypothesis" from Schoch (1992; i.e. instead of all blocks, it's
possible that some blocks could be geopolymer).

Schoch, R. M. (1992) Comment. Journal of Geological Education, 40, 34.

Archae Solenhofen (solenhofen@xxxxxxxxxxx)

I can understand, if Egyptians had the know-how, that they might have
used concrete to infill, or block-off, BUT the thread suggests that
some of the "blocks" might have been concrete. Why on earth would they
make discete concrete blocks rather than shutter existing structures?
There is something fishy about this suggestion. It has the smell of an
attempt to credit Egytians with the invention of concrete long before
the Romans.

Whatever it is proposed the ancient Egyptians did, it was not using
any material resembling in a chemical what is now regarded as
concrete. The source materials and their chemistry is entirely
different. The name of the subject of this thread is entirely
misleading.



Eric Stevens
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