May 25, 2007 07:16PM
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Ronald: ...There is no evidence for big ramps
SC: Do explain. I'm sure there are many on thsi board who would liek to understand what you mean by this.
Ronald: We brought in more than enough reasons why the blocks could not have been casted.
SC: "We"? As in the 'Royal We'? Sorry but I don't subscribe to that. Bottom line is - you may well have a 'reason' why X and y might not have happened but these guys have science that tells us IT DID! Understand the difference?
When Mark Lehner excavated the galleries he discovered a series of workshops complete with remains of worked stone etc. Why would there have been worked stone in the galleries? Because THAT'S where they moulded the stuff! Hundreds of them - daily. And Lehner also disagreed with Petrie's theory that the aglleries were barracks for the workers.
"The interior dimensions of the galleries are fairly consistent, with widths ranging from 2.5
to 3.0 m at the floor, and an average width of about 2.7 meters. The narrower galleries tend
to be in the northern half of the whole set, while the wider galleries are generally in the southern or central part of the set. The entrances to the galleries are slightly constricted with widths ranging from 2.0 to 2.25 m."
Of course the galleries were different sizes - they had to cast bigger blocks for the base, gradually decreasing in size as they reached up towards the apex.
Silly me - I actually thought everyone knew this was what the 'galleries' were for.
Regards,
S.
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