Ben van Kerkwyk
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They're not the result of this sort of primitive quarrying method.
I don't know where they are, but they're on everything.
They're in Egypt too.
If you compare that wall to the third pyramid, the Menkaure Pyramid, it looks exactly the same.
The pillowy appearance on the outside, not unfinished.
Let's find an image of that.
And, you know, you find examples...
There's been surface wear on a lot of this stone.
There's plenty of examples where it was very finely reflective and polished originally.
So there's been spalling on the surface.
It feels rough today, but there are sections.
Yeah, so this is Menkara Pyramid.
But a little larger.