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[Adventurer]

Architect claims to solve pyramid secret By LAURENCE JOAN-GRANGE, Associated Press Writer
Fri Mar 30, 7:31 PM ET



PARIS - A French architect claimed Friday to have uncovered the mystery about how Egypt's Great Pyramid of Khufu was built � with use of a spiral ramp to hoist huge stone blocks into place.

Ending eight years of study on the subject, architect Jean-Pierre Houdin released his findings and a computerized 3-D mockup showing how workers would have erected the pyramid at Giza outside Cairo.

The most widespread theory had been that an outer ramp had been used by the Egyptians, who left few traces to help archeologists and other scientists decode the secret to the construction.

According to his theory � shown in a computer model available at http://www.3ds.com/khufu � the builders put up an outer ramp for the first 140 feet, then constructed an inner ramp in a corkscrew shape to complete the 450-foot structure.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_sc/france_pyramid_theory

[Canuck Teacher]

can we get him here to solve a few korean mysteries?

[nautilus]

Interesting to see how he plans to properly verify his theory..

[pharflung]

That still sounds like an incredible amount of work.

Let's face it, people, throughout history, are bascially lazy. They are always going to look for an easier way to do things, right?

Wouldn't it have been easier to build the pyramids using concrete? Build wood frames and just pour it in.

The mortar for the pyramids is made of cement, so why not the blocks?

In fact, scientists from Drexel University published a paper in 2006 theorizing that the pyramids were built using both cut stone and blocks made of Portland cement in key positions. And they've got scientific evidence right in the pyramids to back it up.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/12/061209122918.htm

http://www.pureinsight.org/pi/index.php?news=4384

http://www.rumford.com/articlemortar.html

Portland cement is an early form of cement that, unlike the cheap junk we use today, becomes stronger and more rock like with age.

On the other hand, I remember asking my anthropology professor about how they built the pyramids, and said there was no mystery at all, they just hauled a bunch of blocks up. Funny how some scientists can be so conventional.