Relive the Past

Egyptian Pyramids Build by Seashells

Inner wall of PyramidMost of the Egypt monuments like sphinx, Cheops contains hundreds of marine fossils which are intact and preserved in the walls of the constructions. The researcher’s recommend that the stone used for monument research must be engraved out of natural stone. The Egyptian pyramids are well packed with ancient fossils and seashells.

Researchers examined the mineralogy, chemical makeup, structure and small material samples with x-ray diffraction and radioactivity measurement to go through the solid materials and their composition. As per the study, the primary building materials constitutes pinky, black and white granites, sandstones and other types of limestone. Numerous shell fossils of nummulites gen has been found out which ages around 55.8 to 33.9 million years ago. The ancient fossils related to sand dollars, starfish and sea urchins were also perceived in Egyptian limestone.

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