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- Title
The Secrets of the Pyramids: Limestone-Based Concrete Helped Form Engineering Marvels.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the construction materials used for the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. It notes that aside from the limestone bricks, an early form of concrete may have also been used for the structure. Michel Barsoum of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University in Pennsylvania states that the blocks of the outer and inner casings and the upper part of the pyramids were cast with the use of the limestone concrete geopolymer.
- Subjects
EGYPT; CONSTRUCTION materials; PYRAMIDS of Giza (Egypt); PYRAMID design &; construction; LIMESTONE; POLYMER-impregnated concrete
- Publication
JOM: The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2007, Vol 59, Issue 2, p6
- ISSN
1047-4838
- Publication type
Article