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#587 - Geoffrey Drumm - The Land of Chem. Ancient Chemical Manufacturing Plants, Egyptian Blue and the Red Pyramid

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The Central Pyramid of Giza

The central pyramid of Giza was designed to produce a dilute solution of hydrochloric acid. Ammonia is a fertilizer that transformed our modern civilization and allowed us to have the population explosion in the 1900s due to ammonia. The great pyramid and the central pyramid were internally sealed with a chemically resistant coating compound. And they're constantly doing renovations inside these things.

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