cladking Wrote:
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> Origyptian Wrote:
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> > Hawass attributes the warm stone on the east side
> > to be modern cement from 1939 that simply has heat
> > properties that are different than the surrounding
> > limestone rock. Has that fun factoid been
> > published previously? If not, why not?
>
> At least he has the scientific acumen to never
> have actually said this. He did strongly imply it
> early on or, at the least, propose it as a
> tentative hypothesis.

“When I examined this area, I found that the stone at the east side was placed there in 1939 to support this area as restoration, and was supported by cement...This is why this area had a higher temperature than other blocks,” said Hawass."
[english.ahram.org.eg]

That's a bit more than mere implication.