MJ Thomas Wrote:
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> Hello Ronald,
>
> You write, 'Giza obviously beyond any doubt
> was/still is an archaeologically proven grave-yard
> where pharaoh's and other important people were
> buried, nothing more, nothing less.'
>
> Have you given any consideration to how the
> architect went about designing the interior of
> Khufu's pyramid?


Hi MJ,


Below, a view on the apex of Khufu's pyramid, also portraying a view from the apex on the inner cavities (relief chambers, King's Chamber, Grand Gallery, Queen's Chamber, ...). You will notice that these cavities, seen from above, form more or less a line. They are located in the middle (the core) of the monument in a really narrow, vertical area.


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I am sure, what I am gonna write now, will cause a lot of protestation, but it is only my view. The clue, imho, to 'how did the AE built Khufu's interior' lies in the very narrow, vertical area (in comparison to the huge mass of stones) in which this interior lies, combined with the building-up in multiple, horizontal layers. Not the entire pyramid was planned course by course, but only the cavities in a certain way. I think it is even possible that for e.g. the construction of the Grand Gallery, it was only necessary to determine and construct carefully and precisely a starting-point in a certain course (I call it 'initial orientation/measuring'). When the next course reached the core of the pyramid, the AE began with the second stage ('level') of the GG, only basing themselves on the situation/location in the course just below, and so on, course after course. What I am trying to say is, that I believe that there was NOT a need to much pre-planning in the construction of the pyramid's interior, because the cavities were restricted in a very narrow, vertical area. If the cavities were not constructed one above the other, much more pre-planning was needed. I simply mean that much was seen/considered/determined on the very spot/very moment. The AE were very skilled in intuitive building.



> I hold that knowing the sequence of the designing
> of this Pyramid's interior would give us a better
> understanding of it overall.*
> Do you agree or disagree?


Imho, there was not such a thing as a design-sequence (and no pi involved !), there was much intuitive building.



Ronald.