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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 bent pyramid of Dashaure was designed to convert the ammonia solution from the red pyramid into a chemical called ammonium bicarbonate, which is a solid compound fertilizer. In this primary reaction chamber, the one at the very top, you know that platform in the middle that you go and stand on? Yep. And as we were talking before about the sliding stone valves, you have two moving stone valves here inside the bent pyramid,. They're operated using a hydraulic press mechanism that is housed in the satellite pyramid. So if you look at the configuration of the exterior of these structures, there is also a satellite pyramid located within the external reservoir. The satellite pyramid uses the reservoir as a

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