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Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved?

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Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved? / MacKenzie, Kenneth J. D.; Smith, Mark E.; Wong, Alan et al.
In: Materials Letters, Vol. 65, No. 2, 2011, p. 350-352.

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MacKenzie, KJD, Smith, ME, Wong, A, Hanna, JV, Barry, B & Barsoum, MW 2011, 'Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved?', Materials Letters, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 350-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2010.10.035

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MacKenzie, K. J. D., Smith, M. E., Wong, A., Hanna, J. V., Barry, B., & Barsoum, M. W. (2011). Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved? Materials Letters, 65(2), 350-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2010.10.035

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MacKenzie KJD, Smith ME, Wong A, Hanna JV, Barry B, Barsoum MW. Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved? Materials Letters. 2011;65(2):350-352. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2010.10.035

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MacKenzie, Kenneth J. D. ; Smith, Mark E. ; Wong, Alan et al. / Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved?. In: Materials Letters. 2011 ; Vol. 65, No. 2. pp. 350-352.

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title = "Were the casing stones of Senefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour cast or carved?",
abstract = "A comparison was made of the solid-state 29Si, 27Al and 43Ca MAS NMR spectra of the outer casing stone from Snefru's Bent Pyramid in Dahshour, Egypt, with two quarry limestones from the area. The NMR results suggest that the casing stones consist of limestone grains from the Tura quarry, cemented with an amorphous calcium-silicate gel formed by human intervention, by the addition of extra silica, possibly diatomaceous earth, from the Fayium area.",
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AU - Barry, Bernard

AU - Barsoum, Michel W.

PY - 2011

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KW - Structural

KW - NMR spectroscopy

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