Concrete in the pyramids insulted the archaeologist

 

The head of the Egyptian Supreme Soviet for the study of the antiquities Of zakhi Of khavass named the recently published hypothesis about the use of concrete with the building of the pyramids of Guise of "idiotic and insulting".

Khavass, as reports London tabloid The Mirror, is agitated even and by the fact that he does not know, how samples of rock reach the French chemists, who advanced "concrete theory", without the permission of Egyptian government. The chief archaeologist of Egypt is convinced that the pyramids are wholly built from the blocks of limestone and granite.

Let us recall that the group of French, American and British scientists advanced the assumptionthat the ancient Egyptians used concrete for casting the large blocks, which went to the building of the upper levels of pyramids. The results of a study were published in the French periodical "Science et Vie" and were retold by the leading world newspapers, including The Times and The New York Times, on Friday, on 1 December, 2006.

Researchers assumed that the Egyptians devised their composition of concrete, mixing up the fluid solution of limestone s I will pour off, by ashes and by lime. Ancient builders spilled the obtained mixture into the forms and dried in the sun. Experimentally hypothesis confirmed chemist Joseph davidovits, for whom it was possible in ten days to obtain the large block of lime concrete, using only simplest procedures, accessible to Egyptians.

The supporters of traditional views on the technology of the erection of pyramids, including Zakhi Of khavass, which heads the Egyptian Supreme Soviet for the study of antiquities, assume that ancient used only simple mechanical devices and transported the blocks of limestone and granite from the stone quarries.