Historical Uses in Building
- Some of the earliest known examples of lime use for building purposes are in early Egyptian buildings (primarily monuments). Some of these examples in the chambers of the pyramids, which date back to around 2000 B.C., are still hard and intact.
- Archaeological digs carried out on the island of Malta have shown that in places like Tarxien and Hagar, lime stucco was also used as a binder to hold stone together and as well as for decoration at sites dating back as far as 3000-2500 B.C.
- At el-Amarna, a large pavement on brick was discovered that dates back to 1400 B.C. It was apparently the floor of part of the harem of King Amenhotep IV.
- Ancient Chinese used Suk-wui (the Chinese word for slaked lime) in the construction of The Great Wall of China.
- The Aztec Empire and other Mesoamerican civilizations used lime plaster to pave streets in their cities. It was also used to coat the walls and floors of buildings.
- This material was used in the San Luis Mission architecture.
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