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A letter from David Martin about Davidovits’ pyramid theory that illustrates how narrow minded people behaved when facing such problem.
In your book,”The Pyramids”, you discuss possible casting methods for the casing stones of the Great Pyramid and Red Pyramid. You mention that there were inscriptions on the bottoms of these blocks, indicating they were cast [...]
by Joseph Davidovits
published in Science in Egyptology, Proceedings of the Science in Egyptology Symposia, Manchester, U.K., pp. 511-520, 1984.
The hypothesis that the limestone that constitutes the major pyramids of the Old Kingdom of Egypt is man-made stone, is discussed. Samples from six different sites at the traditionally associated quarries of Turah and Mokattam have been [...]