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Yasser kamel

Walls and floors in ancient-D

The unsolved  mystery of the interlocking stones  has never ceased to amaze all minds , the amount of difficulty to comprehend its techniques and the precision of its position should indicate the superiority of the ancient Egyptian civilization !.

The V-shape interlocking stone which is frequently used in the old kingdom temples such as the one of king Chephren at Giza is among the most complicated types . Such V-block which is more than a meter thick and  weighs several tons has a distinctive function as a connective stone for the temples walls and corners (F-2).

                           F-2

The majority of the interlocked stones are cubical and tightly located with no space left between which never required any mortar to fix . Such method was invented by the ancient Egyptian architects to secure the temples against earth-quakes , massive floods and tsunami waves. The most astonishing fact about such interlocking is that the used blocks are unequal in size and different in posing ! Most of them located in leaning pose or no right angel one to pressure the next stone in order to prevent any attempt to remove or relocate  (F-3).

 

F-3

 Written  by Yasser kamel for Museumegypt.2006@.All rights reserved.

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