The Cosmic Game

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According to the theory of Davidovits and Morris the Egyptians prepared the limestone
blocks by breaking up weak limestone in quarries and excavation pits into rubble with
their stone picks. They then transported the rubble in baskets on donkeys. At the
construction site they soaked the rubble for five to ten hours in water, during which time
the weak limestone would crumble and the kaolin clay with silica and aluminum
compounds would be released. Then they would add caustic soda, which they made
using lime plus natron, which is mostly sodium carbonate. When the mixture set, it
generated a cement or concrete that is almost exactly the same as natural limestone
except that close inspection might reveal a greater jumbling than the more layered texture
of usual sedimentary rock. The rock-concrete could be mixed and poured right on site
and in place with a perfect fit so that no moving of heavy blocks was necessary or
laborious shaping and finishing work. They could use rammers to force the water out
and simple tools to shape the material before it finally hardened.
Caustic soda is sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Natron is sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), and
lime is calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2. When natron and calcium hydroxide are combined
a metathesis occurs that results in the production of calcium carbonate and sodium
hydroxide.
Ca(OH) 2 + Na 2 CO 3 → CaCO 3 + 2 NaOH
Natron in ancient Egypt was considered a sacred and divine mineral. It is well known
that the Egyptians traditionally used it for preparing mummies and as an incense
ingredient. What is not understood is the extent to which they used it as a special
ingredient in "megalithic" construction.
"Netra" or "nether" is the Egyptian word for natron and is the obvious origin of the
English word. The Egyptian word derives from "neter", which is usually translated to
mean divine or to indicate a deity and was written with a glyph that is a pictogram of an
axe, but probably also represented a pole with a pennant on it such as they placed over
the entrances to temples. "Neter" can be analyzed as "net-er", which would mean "that
being which is beyond". Another analysis gives us "ne-ter", which would be something
to be revered or worshipped or "for a time interval or season". English words such as
nature, natal, and innate derive from "neter" via Latin.
© R j ² ³
neter, nejer (axe) neter (deity) netra, nether (natron) natron natron
j´ ²´
rincense bag sachet determinative
The three dots represent powdery material, small pellets, or particles. The glyphs that
surround the neter glyph represent a wall, a fort, or other edifice. These glyphs tell us