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originally posted by: JJjumpman23
.. You left out the theory that they casted the large stones using alchemistry way more advanced that what we have today. The ancients played with atoms like toys, changing the properties of matter at will. The stones were once soft and they let them hardened into place .This could explain the exact precision of the pyramids...
originally posted by: Drawsoho
you can melt granite as smelters do, the product is slag after
the metals are drawn off. so why not take the melt and pour into
molds? it can be done.
a reply to: Harte
originally posted by: Drawsoho
If the ancients could achieve 1260c or 2300F, they'd have the tech
for controlling the cooling and recrystallization rate too, re-
constituting the pour to the original structure of the granite.
Modern concrete pours sometimes use cooling tubing to
control the heat generated when concrete cures.
a reply to: Harte
originally posted by: Flavian
One question we often hear is how did they move the massive stones from the river transport to the pyramids themselves.
Well, in an entirely unrelated topic, i was watching a documentary on BBC the other night about the Orkneys (Britain's Ancient Capital). They have discovered loads on ancient standing stones but also similar megaliths used horizontally and obviously this lead to the usual archeological conundram of how did they move them?
A large group tied dragging the stone downhill for a few hundered metres.....they managed it but it was very stop start and not at all easy - and the actual journey would have been harder than this sample test.
Does anyone know if any research has gone into this?
The seaweed worked because when weight was added it released whatever chemical and this acted as a natural lubricant..........
originally posted by: Flavian
One question we often hear is how did they move the massive stones from the river transport to the pyramids themselves.
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