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- International renown French Scientist, born in 1935, working
in France, Europe, USA, Australia and China.
- Honored by French President Jacques Chirac with one of
France's two highest honors, the grade of " Chevalier de
l’Ordre National du Mérite " (Nov. 1998).
Education:
- French Degree in Chemical Engineering
- German Doctor Degree in Chemistry (PhD)
- Professor and founder of the Institute for Applied
Archaeological Sciences, IAPAS, Barry University, Miami
,Florida, (1983-1989).
- Visiting Professor, Penn State University, Pennsylvania
(1989-1991).
- Professor and Director of the Geopolymer Institute,
Saint-Quentin, France (1979 to present).
- Honorary Professor, Xian Universtity of Architecture and
Technology, China (1999).
Professional
expertise:
- World expert in Modern and Ancient Cements.
- World expert in Geosynthesis and man-made rocks.
- Consultant (expert) to the European Union Commission.
- Inventor of Geopolymers and the chemistry of
Geopolymerization.
- Polyglot: English, French, German, Spanish, Latin, Ancient
Greek, Hieroglyphs
Member of the
following societies:
- International Association of Egyptologists
- American Chemical Society
- American Concrete Institute
- New York Academy of Sciences
- American Ceramic Society
International
Scientific Award:
- NASTS Gold Ribbon, awarded at the National Press Club,
Washington DC, Sept. 26, 1994, by the National Academy of
Engineering, The Federation of Materials Societies and the
National Association for Science, Technology and Society.
Articles,
Interviews, TV Radio Appearances:
- from 1981 to 1992, numerous articles and interviews
dedicated to science, technology and archaeology (pyramids)
in:
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Globe and Mail (Toronto),
Sunday Times, Miami Herald, Omni Magazine, Geo Magazine,
American Way, Readers Digest, World and I, UPI, Associated
Press, Agence France Press, etc; radio: BBC, various American
radio networks; TV: NOVA/PBS, CNN, various local TV (San
Francisco, Detroit, Miami, etc.)
- between 1992 and 1999: declined any public appearance,
interview, and TV appearance. Focussing on scientific
research.
X-Ray Analysis and X-Ray
Diffraction of Casing Stones from
the Pryramids of Egypt, and the Limestone of the Associated
Quarries (1984)
by Joseph Davidovits
published in Science in Egyptology, Proceedings of the Science
in Egyptology Symposia, Manchester, U.K., pp. 511-520, 1984.
The hypothesis that the limestone that constitutes the major
pyramids of the Old Kingdom of Egypt is man-made stone, is
discussed. Samples from six different sites at the traditionally
associated quarries of Turah and Mokattam have been studied
using thin-section, chemical X-Ray analysis and X-Ray
diffraction. The results were compared with pyramid casing
stones of Cheops, Teti and Seneferu. The quarry samples are pure
limestone consisting of 96-99% Calcite, 0.5-2.5% Quartz, and
very small amount of dolomite, gypsum and iron-alumino-silicate.
On the other hand the Cheops and Teti casing stones are
limestone consisting of: calcite 85-90% and a high amount of
special minerals such as Opal CT, hydroxy-apatite, a
silico-aluminate, which are not found in the quarries. The
pyramid casing stones are light in density and contain numerous
trapped air bubbles, unlike the quarry samples which are
uniformly dense. If the casing stones were natural limestone,
quarries different from those traditionally associated with the
pyramid sites must be found, but where? X-Ray diffraction of a
red casing stone coating is the first proof to demonstrate the
fact that a complicated man-made geopolymeric system was
produced in Egypt 4,700 years ago.
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Publications
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Prof. Joseph Davidovits, Frédéric
Davidovits
Second Revised Edition ©2000
ISBN 2-902933-07-X
Professor Joseph Davidovits proposes a
stunning theory of pyramid construction that is based on
scientific, historical, and linguistic studies. The theory
claims that the Egyptian pyramids were constructed using
agglomerated stone (limestone cast like concrete), rather
than carved and dragged blocks of natural limestone.
More than 45,000 copies of the first edition
of "The Pyramids: An Enigma Solved" were sold
from 1988 to 1995, and it is now out of print since 1995.
The book has been revised and edited with
several new chapters, new facts, and new astounding
discoveries. It adds up to 54% of new material. In
particular, the book attempts to demolish the myths and
mysteries of how the pyramids and other remarkable
"stone" objects were created so long ago.
This revised edition is only available on
CD-ROM as an electronic book in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
It is a 427 pages book with 155 high quality
illustrations, fully printable, Mac, PC, and Unix
compatible. This book is only available in English.
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The
Pyramids : An Enigma Solved
by Joseph
Davidovits, Margie Morris
First Edition - Reprint
ISBN 0-88029-555-4 Dorset Press,
New York 1990
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above).
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The
Pyramids : An Enigma Solved
by Joseph Davidovits
First Edition
ISBN 0-87052-559-X Hippocrene Books,
New York 1988
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