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To: SunkenCiv

TO anyone who is thinking that this theory has any validity, I posit one question.

To get concrete, you must burn limestone. Where did the the constructors of the Great Pyramid get the heat to burn the hundreds of thousands of tons of limestone to make the concrete?


11 posted on 05/02/2008 4:41:43 AM PDT by Sindarian (Sooner, rather that later. The Peace of the grave for all who attack America.)
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To: Sindarian

How about if you grind it up to fine sand and add a little something...?


13 posted on 05/02/2008 4:50:56 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: Sindarian

You mix up a chemical reaction, you don’t burn it. You can use the leftover material from the dredging and molding process to add heat to the mix by burning that.


14 posted on 05/02/2008 4:56:12 AM PDT by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (The republic is over kids!)
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To: Sindarian

Gee. To those who think the pyramids were built of quarried limestone blocks, where did they get the tons of limestone?


19 posted on 05/02/2008 8:08:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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To: Sindarian
To get concrete, you must burn limestone
Oh, burn. Uh, no. There are many ways to make concrete.
21 posted on 05/02/2008 8:35:40 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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To: Sindarian

Like most of the world, You don’t know the difference between cement and concrete. No person from New York or points east knows he has been wrong his whole life for confusing the two. Every American reporter except those for Engineering News Record, ignorantly calls concrete cement.

Concrete is made from cement and various sized aggregates from very small..... sand to larger gravel.

There are two common types of concrete, portland cement and asphalt.

Portland Cement is the gray sintered powder made from limestone and used with water and aggregates to make concrete. The concrete takes 28 days to reach near full strength and when reinforced with steel is a primary structural building material. It has zero flexibility unless reinforced with steel but has exceptional compressive strength.

Asphaltum or bitumen heated and then mixed with aggregates of various sizes is called asphalt concrete and is used for roads and parking lots. It has good flexibility and compressive strength. The flex makes it good for roads.

Lastly, Portland cement mixed with sand is mortar. Mortar is used by masons to build brick or block or stne wall.


27 posted on 05/02/2008 8:51:28 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The Bitcons will elect a Democrat by default)
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To: Sindarian
Egypt was a rain forest at the time....../s
30 posted on 05/02/2008 4:36:43 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Sleep with one eye open, Gripping your pillow tight , Exit light , Enter night.......)
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