I was there two weeks ago Cairo is a chit hole. Pyramids are amazing but they sit surrounded a third world city of 22 million.
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Some years ago a French archeologist said he found a human hair imbedded in one of the stones of a lesser pyramid. He concluded that the stones are some kind of concrete and had been poured in place. I've never heard of that again and don't know if he was a kook or if he'd really found something.
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Estimated at 4600 years old pretty impressive. I would like to see them but like hanco don’t care for that part of the world.
I work stationed in Cairo for 8 months is how I got to see them twice. The second visit was immediately followed by the terrorists attack on tourists in The Valley of The Kings area.
as awe inspiring as they are I don't believe they were built in 25 years.
Lets see
2.5 million stones = 100,000 a year for 25 years =8400 stones a month =280 a day =24 per hour based on 12 hour daylight don't forget these stones were quarried cut thansported 100s of miles shaped then put into place at the rate of one every 2 1/2min I know they were good but not that good I say it took alot longer than 25 years.
RUMs are like woman in Stiletto heals, you know they are going to put you in the poor house, but that has never stopped anyone from pursuing them.
I was there two weeks ago Cairo is a chit hole. Pyramids are amazing but they sit surrounded a third world city of 22 million.
and they somehow manage to photograph them like they are in the desert.
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Some years ago a French archeologist said he found a human hair imbedded in one of the stones of a lesser pyramid. He concluded that the stones are some kind of concrete and had been poured in place. I've never heard of that again and don't know if he was a kook or if he'd really found something.
Dr. Joseph Davidovits, an expert in geopolymers. He conducts chemical research at the Geopolymer Institute in France and is Director of the Institute of Applied Archeological Sciences at Barry University, in Florida. His fascinating book is "The Pyramids, an Engima Solved." Although I shouldn't be, given the insular nature of contemporary Egyptology, I'm astonished that Dr. Davidovits' research has never gotten any traction.
Never been. Heard a couple theories on the construction but, some of the precision is incredible.
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If you work 40 hrs/wk: at 5% inflation and after 5 years, you need a 28% pay raise or to work 44 more hours (*one full extra week* per month+) to make up the difference.
Yeah, that was the disappointment. I knew the pyramids were on the edge of Cairo, not surrounded.
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