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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: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:54:15 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology
In message <qvEeh.176874$Fi1.26072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          prd <X_header@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What I surmise based on what F provided is that the recipe
> given had to little clay and it was not activated and with
> no aggregate for strength, it would have been too weak to
> be formed into load bearing arches, ceilings, or overhanging
> walls.

Strong enough to support the weight of the Great Pyramid, but too weak for
load-bearing arches? Do I detect a contradiction here?

Ken Down

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