December 05, 2005 01:19PM
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So that he can get out of the building.
Presumably they could have drawn a 'false door' on the N wall as well as seen elsewhere, but for some reason they thought that wouldn't do.
Possibly because the chamber was up inside the building: in other pyramids the entrance shaft led up from the burial chambers to the north and out- at Khufu he would have had to go down to get out - not good symbolically - risky ideologically.
Dave L
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/05/2005 01:20PM by Dave L.
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