Re: Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids

Kendall K. Down <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In message <1hq3jvl.ida41lit6xpyN%firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Florian) wrote:

I thought you were talking about using the technology in a different
project than a pyramid. Moreover, isn't it claimed that passageways are
casted?

It certainly is not claimed by anyone with any knowledge or even a grain of
intelligence.

However my point was this: in many places the Egyptians blocked passageways
and tomb shafts using a mix of mud and rough stone blocks or lime plaster
and rough stone blocks. Why would they have done this if they had concrete
available?

OK. I missed the term "blocking" in your previous post. Sorry.


1. The shaft leading to the tomb of Queen Heterpheres, mother of Cheops, was
blocked with carefully cut blocks of stone fitted into position, layer after
layer. Why not just pour thousands of buckets of concrete into the shaft?

2. When filled, the top of the shaft was covered with a layer of lime
plaster. Why not use this "concrete" that is so indistinguishable from
stone?

I don't really have answers to these questions. again, more
speculation is possible: How long time between the construction of the
pyramid and the blocking of the passage way? Let's say many years
happened in between, may be it was simply easier to make the blocking
using a different technic than making a new batch of reconstituted
stone. Who knows?


3. In several places the limestone pavement around the Great Pyramid has
cracks in it which have been carefully filled with lime plaster in order to
give a level surface. Why not use this wonderful concrete?

Again, wasn't it later restoration?


There are two possible answers to these questions. The first is that they
did it to annoy because they know it teases; the second is that they didn't
have any concrete. Guess which answer intelligent people choose?

You lack imagination. Plus the second answer doesn't stand: until proven
false, Barsoum proved they mastered the reconstituted stones technology.

Ken, While your questions are interesting they can only lead to
speculative answers because we don't have enough information (yet?).

So instead of wandering with side questions why don't you discuss the
true facts: the microstuctures oberved by Barsoum et al are not natural.
Because if you want to disprove the reconstituted stone theory, you have
to start there. You have to find answers to explain that those
microstructures can be found in natural stones. Good luck!

--
Florian

"Tout est au mieux dans le meilleur des mondes possibles"
Voltaire vs Leibniz
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