Holger Isenberg Wrote:
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> Byrd Wrote:
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> > if they're "pouring" the blocks (which they
> weren't), why didn't they use this on the
> > other pyramids at Giza, including the smaller
> ones?
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> They used it for all large block pyramids,
> including the 6 small pyramids at Giza. The only
> small block pyramid were it was used is Djoser as
> that was the first to explore this technology.
That actually strains belief. Djoser's pyramid is made from the local stone. Furthermore, his successor, Sneferu, had the biggest and most ambitious pyramid building projects with a total volume greater than the GP. There's no evidence of geopolymers there.
Second question: where are the pits that they mixed this stuff in? They couldn't have possibly gotten every scrap of mix out of it, so there should be concrete lying around on the walls and in the bottom of pits -- concrete that's got a different texture and color than the limestone around it.
> They did. The limestone casing of the valley
> temples at Giza for example where you can find
> incredible huge blocks poured in place, in the 100
> tons range.
The blocks aren't that big. Seriously.
> As Davidovits later could prove that the
> granite-hard andesite in Puma Punku, Bolivia, was
> poured, my guess is that even the granite in Egypt
> could have been poured.
He didn't prove that, either.
> His theory why they suddenly stopped with this
> method: They burned up all palm trees for heating
> the lime.
There's no evidence of a dearth of palm trees at any point in Egypt's history. Davidovits really doesn't know anything about Egyptian history or technology -- or trees, apparently.
-- Byrd
Moderator, Hall of Ma'at