How the pyramids were built in Egypt
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN brings it up as an alternative, fringe theory about pyramid construction, with one commenter saying it was proved by demonstration and analysis.
What it is
The Geopolymer Institute presents Joseph Davidovits's theory that the Egyptian pyramids were built from cast artificial limestone, a geopolymer concrete, rather than carved blocks. It demonstrates how few people could make blocks.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2017 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Recommends dylesp · 2024-11 · on “How the pyramids were built with ancient concrete”
they literally proved it through a demonstration and chemical analysis maybe do some reading and watch the video on youtube: [this video]
Cites kelvin0 · 2017-09 · on “Archaeologists Uncover How Egyptians Built the Great Pyramid of Giza”
I had read an interesting theory stating that the building blocks were cast in place, similar to pouring concrete. Here a video explaining the theory: [this video]
Cites GorgeRonde · 2019-04 · on “An Archaeologist Challenges Mainstream Scientific Thinking (2017)”
User aaaaaatttuyy has not mentioned the fact that NASA has recently found a crater under the Hiawatha glacier in Greenland that was, at the time of discovery, supposed to be 12k to 3M years old. But a paper from March that tries to cross-validate this finding by looking at sedimentary data in South-America finds that the impact must have occurred 12,835 ~ 12,735 years ago. Source: [LINK] And this, is what Graham Hancock has been supporting for so long. And yeah Semmelweis was full of himself as well. Now to answer your questions about archeological sites: - Atlantis (when) [LINK] - Atlantis (where, the Richat Structure) [LINK] - Göbekli Tepe [LINK] - Underground city around the world: [LINK]
Cites tastyfreeze · 2021-09 · on “Alternative materials could shrink concrete’s giant carbon footprint”
Nice to see geopolymers mentioned. Geopolymers are becoming more common around the world. They can be formulated from local materials and in many cases have superior material properties to Portland cements. Joseph Davidovits of the Geoplymer Institute has been instrumental in the spread of his lifes work, geopolymers. Davidovits also claims that many ancient megalitic constructions were made using geopolymers which fits with stories of technologies that soften rocks. Geopolymer Institute is an amazing resource on the subject. [LINK] Pyramids of geopolymer, [this video]