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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Re:It has to be said

[ruffnsc]

It's ok, it doesn't matter if it is actually limestone or concrete. The important issue is if the British can still keep all their stolen artifacts.