Egypt
- Another Pyramid Building With Concrete Theory
TVNZ A Wellington scientist has come up with an explanation that may help solve the question of how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. It has been widely thought massive blocks of stone cut from quarries were dragged to the building sites. But...
- A New Angle On Pyramids
The Boston Globe (Colin Nickerson) It's a theory that gives indigestion to mainstream archeologists. Namely, that some of the immense blocks of Egypt's Great Pyramids might have been cast from synthetic material - the world's first concrete...
- Gathering "concrete" Evidence
MIT News - HTML (David Chandler) MIT News - PDF Even though they are among the best-known structures on Earth, the pyramids of Egypt may still hold surprises. This spring, an MIT class is testing a controversial theory that some of the giant blocks that...
- How Wild Asses Became Donkeys Of The Pharaohs
New Scientist (Andy Choghlan) Thanks to Vincent Brown for pointing this out to me. New Scientist has a feature this week on the domestication of the donkey in Egypt. The article is a summary of research published in Proceedings of the National Academy...
- Michel Barsoum Great Pyramid Construction Theory
Thanks very much to Kat Newkirk for sending me these links. http://www.livescience.com/history/070518_bts_barsoum_pyramids.html A summary of Michel Barsoum's research into whether or not a form of concrete was used in the construction of the Great...
Egypt
Concrete evidence
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19325880.900-concrete-evidence.html
A follow-up letter to the New Scientist article about the concrete-in-the-Great-Pyramid speculation (9th December 2006, p.6) has appeared in the most recent issue of New Scientist on the Letters page (27th Janaury 2007, p.21). The letter challenges the claim that the discovery, if accepted, would put the earliest date for concrete at 2500 years before the previously recorded first use. The letter writer, Stan Wild (Craven Arms, Shorpshire, UK) writes: "Concrete is known to be much older than this. One of the earliest examples is a hut floor dating from 5600BC in what is now Serbia. It consisted of a mixture of red lime, sand and gravel." He goes on to discuss other early uses of mixtures that could be labled "concrete" before this date as well.
The letter is published in full on the New Scientist website at the above address.
- Another Pyramid Building With Concrete Theory
TVNZ A Wellington scientist has come up with an explanation that may help solve the question of how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. It has been widely thought massive blocks of stone cut from quarries were dragged to the building sites. But...
- A New Angle On Pyramids
The Boston Globe (Colin Nickerson) It's a theory that gives indigestion to mainstream archeologists. Namely, that some of the immense blocks of Egypt's Great Pyramids might have been cast from synthetic material - the world's first concrete...
- Gathering "concrete" Evidence
MIT News - HTML (David Chandler) MIT News - PDF Even though they are among the best-known structures on Earth, the pyramids of Egypt may still hold surprises. This spring, an MIT class is testing a controversial theory that some of the giant blocks that...
- How Wild Asses Became Donkeys Of The Pharaohs
New Scientist (Andy Choghlan) Thanks to Vincent Brown for pointing this out to me. New Scientist has a feature this week on the domestication of the donkey in Egypt. The article is a summary of research published in Proceedings of the National Academy...
- Michel Barsoum Great Pyramid Construction Theory
Thanks very much to Kat Newkirk for sending me these links. http://www.livescience.com/history/070518_bts_barsoum_pyramids.html A summary of Michel Barsoum's research into whether or not a form of concrete was used in the construction of the Great...