> But the mere fact, that they
> > didn't see the importance of writing down
> > something that was selfevident to them i.e.
> their
> > reasons and intentions.
>
>
> You can't know they didn't see that importance,
> simply because, up till now, the archaeological
> record did not offer us such evidence.
You misunderstand my using the word "importance". What I mean is, that surely they would not write down to papyrus: we build this so and so, because we believe so and so". What they believed was so selfevident to them, that they hardly would write it down in the context of something depending on it.
>
>
> And yet, all these
> > discussions tend to cumulate to one thing:
> the
> > absence of evidence of the intentions and
> reasons.
> > And round and round and round we go....
>
>
> The recent absence of evidence makes one thing
> clear, namely that the most important thing was to
> accomplish the tombs of the divine pharaoh's
> within the desired deadline.
The question is not about absence of evidence purely, but absence of evidence of intentions. Big difference.
As for getting the tomb finished.... I don't think we have evidence of this being important. As a matter of fact, almost the contrary seems to be true.
Ritva