How the pyramids were built in Egypt
Geopolymer Institute1 HN recommender · recommended in 1 month, 2017-2024
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The Geopolymer Institute presents Joseph Davidovits's theory that the Egyptian pyramids were built from cast artificial limestone, a geopolymer concrete, rather than carved blocks. It demonstrates how few people could make blocks.
HN brings it up as an alternative, fringe theory about pyramid construction, with one commenter saying it was proved by demonstration and analysis.
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4 comments from Hacker News
they literally proved it through a demonstration and chemical analysis maybe do some reading and watch the video on youtube: ▶ this video
Nice to see geopolymers mentioned. Geopolymers are becoming more common around the world. They can be formulated from local materials and in many cases have superior material properties to Portland cements. Joseph Davidovits of the Geoplymer Institute has been instrumental in the spread of his lifes work, geopolymers. Davidovits also claims that many ancient megalitic constructions were made using geopolymers which fits with stories of technologies that soften rocks. Geopolymer Institute is an amazing resource on the subject. link Pyramids of geopolymer, ▶ this video
User aaaaaatttuyy has not mentioned the fact that NASA has recently found a crater under the Hiawatha glacier in Greenland that was, at the time of discovery, supposed to be 12k to 3M years old. But a paper from March that tries to cross-validate this finding by looking at sedimentary data in South-America finds that the impact must have occurred 12,835 ~ 12,735 years ago. Source: link And this, is what Graham Hancock has been supporting for so long. And yeah Semmelweis was full of himself as well. Now to answer your questions about archeological sites: - Atlantis (when) link - Atlantis (where, the Richat Structure) link - Göbekli Tepe link - Underground city around the world: link - Underground city under the Giza plateau link - Huge cities in the Amazon bassin (a giant garden) link - The Sphynx of Egypt is more ancient than thought link - Underwater city in japan link - Underwater city off the coast of Cuba link - Similarity between various archeological sites: link - The Antikythera Mechanism link - The Ellora caves in India (as much work as the buildingof the great pyramid): link - The "laser-cut" Lomas Rishi caves (India again): link - The fact the Giza pyramid and some megalithic structures around the world (some in Corsica for instance) are north-aligned with a greater precision than Copernic's observatory: link - The Sahara used to be green and turned into sand in a generation, around **11,000** years ago: link - The Great Pyramid could
I had read an interesting theory stating that the building blocks were cast in place, similar to pouring concrete. Here a video explaining the theory: ▶ this video