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Re: Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids

Subject: Re: Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids
From: Archae Solenhofen
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:36:57 -0600
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology
On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:50:01 GMT, David Johnson
<trolleyfan_spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Florian) wrote in
>news:1hpu3ap.8ohvb4j3jvcvN%firstname@xxxxxxxxxxxx: 
>
>> David Johnson <trolleyfan_spamfree@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> We've HEARD of this all before. It's not new. It's an _old_ theory
>>> that's been disproved, well, for decades.
>> 
>> That's true. It's quite new to me. (I'm currently googling through
>> past articles)
>> 
>> But the theory that Barsoum is pushing is a actually new (mix of
>> carved and cast stones).
>> In contrary to Davidovits and his "all cast stones" theory, this one
>> should make everybody happy.
>
>Why? It just shows they couldn't prove Davidovits's theory and hoped 
>that, if they lower the number of blocks involved, they can always claim 
>the Established Archaeologists (or geologists or whatever) tested the 
>wrong block.
>
>"See! It's Easy! That's how you missed it: It's only these few blocks, 
>ummm, over here somewhere."

This is reminiscent of Schoch's "weak form of the geopolymer
hypothesis" from Schoch (1992; i.e. instead of all blocks, it's
possible that some blocks could be geopolymer).

Schoch, R. M. (1992) Comment. Journal of Geological Education, 40, 34.

Archae Solenhofen (solenhofen@xxxxxxxxxxx)



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