May 27, 2007 06:20AM
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Might I suggest that you take a look here:
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www.usbr.gov]
The Hoover Dam is concrete. Its mass is substantially larger than that of Khufu's pyramid. However, the technical challenges posed building such a massive structure from poured concrete are quite similar.
Consider: to prevent catastrophic cracking, the dam needed to be cooled internally while the concrete cured. How would the AE manage this? How would they prepare the massive amounts of wet concrete needed?
Anyone who has done even the most basic work with cement knows that it must be kept wet while it cures. They also know of its propensity for cracking. Again, how would the AE have avoided this?
Assuming that they used cement, why didn't they use it on the Sphinx?
Sedimentary rock, OTOH, forms in layers, and those can often be split into convenient blocks.
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