Pyramid Stones Were Poured, Not Quarried

brian0918 writes "Times Online is reporting that French and American researchers have discovered that the stones on the higher levels of the great pyramids of Egypt were built with concrete. From the article: 'Until recently it was hard for geologists to distinguish between natural limestone and the kind that would have been made by reconstituting liquefied lime.' They found 'traces of a rapid chemical reaction which did not allow natural crystallization. The reaction would be inexplicable if the stones were quarried, but perfectly comprehensible if one accepts that they were cast like concrete.'"

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Aliens

[imbroken3a]

So aliens poured the pyramids? That explains it.

Different timing?

[posterlogo]

I think it's plausable that the stones at the top were built at a later time than the rest of the pyramid -- perhaps even as repair work. Naturally, those structures take a long time to build, and perhaps they just changed their minds and switched to pouring the blocks at the top (on location so to speak). Or, perhaps a later dynasty decided to repair the tops (which if we look at the pyramids today, appear to be the most fragile), and used a different method.