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Confusious

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9. Only the inner chamber is granite

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 13, 2012, 09:19 PM

Nov 2012

And I was wrong, most of it is limestone, an even softer rock.

I would be willing to bet, if you packed the inner chamber and grand gallery with c4, that quite a bit of the top of the pyramid would be gone.

A "daisy cutter" is smaller then the inner chamber and creates a huge explosion.

But as for removing the last of it, that would take quite a few years.

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Egyptian Jihadist and 7th Century Primitives advocate for destruction of Pyramids (my title) [View all] Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 OP

I would sanction force to stop them Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #1

They belong to Egypt. David__77 Nov 2012 #6

I think they belong to all of mankind nt Polldancer2012 Nov 2012 #7

Agreed. hifiguy Nov 2012 #18

They are a world heritage site nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #11

"World heritage site" justifies foreign MILITARY intervention? David__77 Nov 2012 #12

I know treaty law means nothing, but yes nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #13

That raises a good question. Do the Pyramids belong to Egypt or to everyone? Not just legally pampango Nov 2012 #14

The US may not have the legal right, but I would support closeupready Nov 2012 #16

The pyramids would stop them defacto7 Nov 2012 #2

It's sandstone Confusious Nov 2012 #3

never said there were mystical powers. defacto7 Nov 2012 #8

Only the inner chamber is granite Confusious Nov 2012 #9

considering the Khufu pyramid, the inner chambers, defacto7 Nov 2012 #10

Too bad we don't have access to a supercomputer Confusious Nov 2012 #15

Might want to check how important tourism is to Egypt there, Murgan. dimbear Nov 2012 #4

FYI - Here's a little background on the source: myrna minx Nov 2012 #5

There is an very, very old, Arab proverb: hifiguy Nov 2012 #17