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Pyramids were built with concrete rather than rocks, scientists claim

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could be that the material was from a later fix. they'd need substantial samples from all over the upper parts of the pyramid to determine if most of the top is concrete. but i think it isn't rational to dispute that their sample certainly was concrete.
 
I have a hard time believing this. Concrete is credited to the Romans as the inventors.
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Just because history credits the Romans as the inventors of concrete does not mean that some group of people didn't invent it earlier.
 
Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: Insomniator
The creator of the wheel is clearly the man.
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Can you imagine their conversations in heaven?

People like Alexander Graham bell and his phone, Thomas Edison and all his stuff, but this guy pimp slaps them all with his "I invented the wheel, bitch!"
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:laugh:
 
Originally posted by: Excelsior
I have a hard time believing this. Concrete is credited to the Romans as the inventors.
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Just because history credits the Romans as the inventors of concrete does not mean that some group of people didn't invent it earlier.
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Right. Differential gears were thought to be invented in the 16th century until they found the Antikythera mechanism from the 1st century b.c.
 
Originally posted by: Baked
Chinese invented everything. Then whiteys came, stole the ideas, and patented them.
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And then made them produce everything in large quantities so they can sell for cheap. 🙂

... And how the hell did they know how to refine, pour, set, sculpt, and reinforce concrete but not have the friggin wheel??
 
Originally posted by: Ausm
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: Ausm
Originally posted by: Lonyo
Originally posted by: Ausm
The wheel wasn't invented then?? How do the explain they Chariot's found in the tombs?



Ausm
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Pyramids at Giza: 2500BC
Chariots in Egypt: 1500BC
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Wrongo, The oldest wheel was discovered in Mesopotamia and probably dates back to 3,500 B.C.

Ausm
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What does that have to do with chariots in tombs? Or with Egypt? Mesopotamia != Egypt.
Obviously the wheel came before the chariot. But oldest wheel and varying uses of wheels in specific places or manners do not necessarily have any relationship.
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Well if you know anything about the growth of civilization then you would understand how there could be a relationship there.

Ausm
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I know plenty about the growth of civilisation thank you very much. And I understand how there COULD be a relationship, but I also understand that it doesn't mean there WAS necessarily a relationship.
 
I find this hard to believe given that the ancient Egyptian stone-cutting techniques still exist and are practiced to this day.
 
Originally posted by: thehstrybean
I have a hard time believing this. Concrete is credited to the Romans as the inventors. Until my professor passes the report down to us (as he likes to do with stuff like this), I'm gonna have to be extremely skeptical.
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So you're not capable of rational thought on your own? Your professor has to tell you? And what if he tells you a lie?
 
makes sense with the ramp theory. the earth ramps where used to drag stones up, but at the very top it would get some big ass ramps..... so at the top they just poured in place the stones, ingenious really.

sure makes the explanations easier,and them not have to put up 20 ton stones up that high.
 
Originally posted by: Atheus
Originally posted by: brandonbull
Antikythera mechanism
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*wikipedia*

Cooooooool....
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yeah, it was amazing standing there looking at it. what is clear is that the ancients knew far more than we thought they did.
 
I really wish newspapers would get the headlines correct:
(large font) Nutcase claims pyramids made of concrete (end large font)
(medium sized font) Nutcase also claims to be a scientist (end medium sized font)
(begin story)
 
history only tells us what the controlling people want us to hear.

Many don't understand how powerful families don't really die out...they may be replaced at times. Rarely are they are erased. Throughout time their power and wealth grows.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
I really wish newspapers would get the headlines correct:
(large font) Nutcase claims pyramids made of concrete (end large font)
(medium sized font) Nutcase also claims to be a scientist (end medium sized font)
(begin story)
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as a teacher, wouldnt you be more likely to appreciate the challenging of common theories in order to find or better understand the truth?

remember, at one point people thought the world was flat 😉
 
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
Originally posted by: DrPizza
I really wish newspapers would get the headlines correct:
(large font) Nutcase claims pyramids made of concrete (end large font)
(medium sized font) Nutcase also claims to be a scientist (end medium sized font)
(begin story)
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as a teacher, wouldnt you be more likely to appreciate the challenging of common theories in order to find or better understand the truth?

remember, at one point people thought the world was flat 😉
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Ahh, I've read the article now. I knew they had already figured out where much of the rock was quarried, and that there was granite in the pyramid as well. I thought that there was a surface coating of some sort of limestone cement on some of the pyramids; i.e. I thought it was always accepted that there was some cement; just not that the blocks were made of cement. (Perhaps I had seen an article decades ago by one of those scientists)
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: thehstrybean
I have a hard time believing this. Concrete is credited to the Romans as the inventors. Until my professor passes the report down to us (as he likes to do with stuff like this), I'm gonna have to be extremely skeptical.
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So you're not capable of rational thought on your own? Your professor has to tell you? And what if he tells you a lie?
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No. I am completely capable of rational thought. I'm talkin about the report that will come down from the egyptologist...
 
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