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What are the Great Pyramids really made of?
« on: December 30, 2011, 08:23:28 pm »
http://io9.com/5869417/what-are-the-great-pyramids-really-made-out-of

One hundred thousand slaves tug multi-ton blocks across the desert. A complicated series of pulleys lifts each hand-cut stone into the perfect place. This is history's image of ancient Egyptian pyramid construction.

What if the Egyptians were using an easier, more efficient method? Recent theories and scientific evidence suggest that people assembled cement blocks on site to construct the exterior of the pyramids. Here's why everything you thought you knew about how we built the Great Pyramids is probably wrong.


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