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Re: Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids

Subject: Re: Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids
From: Kendall K. Down
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:05:15 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology
In message <2O1eh.166572$Fi1.84956@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          prd <X_header@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> the casing stones have been removed except
> for the top of the khafre. 

There are quite a few casing stones at the foot of the Great Pyramid, as
well as the unfinished granite casing stones for the pyramid of Mycerinus.
It is interesting that Florian mentions the internal casing stones (by which
I assume he means the stones lining the various chambers and passageways) as
most of those are sloping. Perhaps he would care to suggest a method for
casting sloping blocks?

Ken Down

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