The Limestone Concrete Hypothesis On Building The Pyramid Of Giza

The Pyramid of Giza is among the greatest structures build on earth by the ancient Egyptians.  Many people know about this wonderful man-made creation and to builders this oldest and largest pyramid remains to be an inspiration.

Researchers in different industries visit the Pyramid to discover something unique about it. In the world of construction, a lot of specialist developed many hypotheses about the way this structure has been constructed. A notable one is the limestone concrete hypothesis.

Did you know that limestone concrete may have been used to build the Pyramids? 

Joseph Davidovits, a material scientist claimed that the Pyramid were not actually formed with carved stones but mostly a form of limestone concrete. Davidovits believed that the Ancient Egyptians poured limestone concrete into moulds and the massive bricks were cast that way. On his hypothesis, soft limestone with high kaolinite content was quarried then dissolved in large pools. When this became watery, lime and natron was mixed in. This mixture was left to evaporate until the clay-like form is achieved. Then the concrete is packed into moulds where it would harden until ready to be used.

This theory is interesting and several researchers tried the process to prove Davidovits hypothesis. But what really is amazing here is the simple process used by the ancient Egyptians  to create massive bricks - water from the Nile and exposing the mixture in a lengthy amount of time under the sun.

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