Graham,
> When two variables correlate to over 70%
> coefficient we say "they probably have a common
> cause" and, as you rightly say not 'A causes B.'
>
> In this case we have 100% correlation. This means
> they probably describe the same thing.
Well, there isn't a 100% correlation because you've omitted most of the relevant structures. It's for Egyptologists, working from evidence provided by the AEs themselves, to define what is, or isn't, "relevant" in this context. It cannot be for you to provide that definition. On an earlier occasion, I posted a quote showing that the Mortuary Temples were more important than the pyramids.
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"Whilst it is common to emphasize the mortuary character of pyramids and to
see them primarily as tombs with temples ancillary to them, the way in which
they were in fact organized and referred to suggests that the emphasis
should be reversed, and they be regarded first and foremost as temples for
the royal statues with a royal tomb attached to each, which, acting as a
huge reliquary, gave enormous authority to what was, in essence, an ancestor
cult.." B.G.Trigger, B.J.Kemp, D.O'Connor, A.B.Lloyd, 'Ancient Egypt, A
Social History', 1998, p 85
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