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The Ancient Egyptians built their great Pyramids by pouring concrete into blocks high on the site rather than hauling up giant stones, according to a new Franco-American study.
The research, by materials scientists from national institutions, adds fuel to a theory that the pharaohs’ craftsmen had enough skill and materials at hand to cast the two-tonne limestone blocks that dress the Cheops and other Pyramids.
Despite mounting support from scientists, Egyptologists have rejected the concrete claim, first made in the late 1970s by Joseph Davidovits, a French chemist.
The stones, say the historians and archeologists, were all carved from nearby quarries, heaved up huge ramps and set in place by armies of workers. Some dissenters say that levers or pulleys were used, even though the wheel had not been invented at that time.
Until recently it was hard for geologists to distinguish between natural limestone and the kind that would have been made by reconstituting liquefied lime.
But according to Professor Gilles Hug, of the French National Aerospace Research Agency (Onera), and Professor Michel Barsoum, of Drexel University in Philadelphia, the covering of the great Pyramids at Giza consists of two types of stone: one from the quarries and one man-made.
(more to come after BSG)
Now, whatever happened to the “ancient astronaut” theory that said ET engineered and built the pyramids? That’s what I wanna know.
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Good for them! Concrete is good for things other than fitting mob members with weights.
And speaking of shoes, I don’t think I’d like to be in the Italian guy’s shoes right now.
Me neither. But this whole assassination scheme is starting to take on a Godfather II aura
If the Godfather’s henchman had been that inept, they’d be sleepin’ with the fishes with some of that faux limestone.
I heard NPR’s take on the swearing of the Presidential oath in Mexico. They were of course salivating over the lefty loser and repeating the charges of stolen election (oooh, where oh where have I heard that one before), so I thought I would check in with Mark in Mexico’s blog and check out what he had to say about the swearing in.
A few years ago, I never heard the socialist bias at NPR; now it makes me ill. (And they don’t get any more of my money, and the up side is that I will never have to listen to another inane pledge drive). No, I didn’t taint my radio station by turning it to NPR today; I was riding in somebody else’s vehicle.
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1711
All those people who say that acts of terror such as those on 11 September 2001 are un-Islamic, should tell us on what grounds an Islamic court could sentence an Osama bin Laden. The basis of Islamic law is the Quran along with the Prophet’s sayings and conduct (which has the value of precedent). So, can an Islamic terrorist cite the authority of the Quran and the Prophet in his justification, or can these sources be invoked to the opposite effect?
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The one silver lining to the dark cloud of Islamic terrorism is that it alerts non-Muslim societies to the specificity of the problems which Islam poses. Westerners often feel guilty of xenophobia, “fear of what is strange or foreign”, when they criticize Islam. But the problem of Islam is not one of strangeness or foreign origin, as will readily become clear when you compare it with Buddhism. In Western culture, Buddhism is even stranger than Islam, which shares certain common roots with Christianity, yet people find Tibetans in their native dress colourful rather than threatening. There are no Buddhist gangs attacking peaceful citizens, nor are there Buddhist associations making separatist political demands such as the right to observe a separate law system. Buddhism may be strange, but informed people will agree that it is an enrichment to our society. Islam is less strange, yet its enriching contributions are unclear while its nuisance value is all too palpable. The stark reality of Islamic terrorism blows away the fog of doubt and timidity hitherto surrounding the painful question of how to evaluate Islam.
Energy crisis is fixed. Harry reid to the rescue
LAS VEGAS, Dec. 1 (UPI) — When he takes control of the U.S. Senate in January, Harry Reid’s agenda will include moving the country toward energy independence — a U.S. security issue, he says — which he blames the Republican Congress and president for hindering.
In an exclusive interview with United Press International in his Las Vegas office, the future Senate Majority Leader said Thursday he’s astonished by how much oil the United States consumes and by the lack of attention paid to drawing down the crude habit.
http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20061201-035549-3766r
I want my (R)congressman and both of my (R) Senators to oppose each and every initiative that Harry and Nancy put on the table. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.
Screw Em
Hell yeah! A horse for every barn!
/Democrats like to legislate suffering for everybody else, but don’t expect them to cut back.
Maybe Harry is intent on finding outwhere have all the cowboys gone? If Harry messes with pickup trucks, he’s gonna find out.
Harry can start by allowing offshore drilling off the coast of Florida, allowing drilling in the ANWR, and putting up lots of new wind turbines around Kennedy’s house to take advantage of the hot air. Then I suggest that they streamline the permit process to allow new nuclear reactors to be built, as well as the refineries that we need.
the oil discovery in the Gulf this summer is huge. HUGE. I’m going to try and find some linkage when I finish this next thread.
Yeah, I know. I just wish that oil would start seeping up out of my back yard a la Jed Clampett. But then EPA would probably be all my butt.
More on energy and how much is kept from being developed in America.
Great post!
I was always baffeled by the concept that people “rolled” giant, cube cut “stones” from quarries, miles and miles away – it didn’t add up. The Human Race, even with all of its faults, is just a tad smarter than that.
Ed! Good to see you