I thought the pyramids were built without mortar of any sort. What we in
Vermont call a "dry stone" wall. Ruth
At 3:11 PM -0500 1/31/02, mitch wilds wrote:
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All one has to do is look at the castles of Europe, or the pyramids of
Egypt and come to the conclusion that lime is beneficial.
I don't know about castles, but I do believe that the pyramids have a
gypsum based mortar, not lime. Plaster anyone?
Point like an Egyptian
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