Re:Why do we still not know what's inside the pyramids?
by motoboi on Monday November 16, 2015 @07:36AM
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Didn't Rafaello and Michelangelo use those tools to work with rock?
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Re:Why do we still not know what's inside the pyramids?
by green7ea on Monday November 16, 2015 @07:58AM
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There are two things to keep in mind. Rafaello and Michelangelo worked with stone that wasn't nearly as hard as granite (granite being one of the hardest stones). Secondly, we don't believe metals were nearly as developed during the period of dynastic Egypt and some Egyptologists theorise (but I think this is crazy) that stone tools were used to carve the blocks.
Re:Why do we still not know what's inside the pyramids?
by rurban on Monday November 16, 2015 @09:43AM
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Granite? Who crazy would come up with the idea to build pyramids with something as heavy and hard as granite.
They were not even carved out of limestone blocks, they were casted by an early form of concrete created using a mixture of limestone, clay, lime, and water. Similar to how they would have been built nowadays. http://www.livescience.com/1554-surprising-truth-great-pyram...