Sirfiroth Wrote:
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> I am unaware of any hard evidence, other than
> claims, to support the theory that the Pyramids
> were tombs.
> Do you have any further information on this?
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Oh, goodness.
The fact that most of the pyramids (including the three largest ones at Giza) were intended as tombs is beyond question at this point. The evidence is extensive, vast and overwhelming. And no, that's not a redundant statement.
If you haven't come across this information, then you've probably been reading the wrong sources. I suggest, as a general primer, you start with Lehner's "The Complete Pyramids". It's a little dated (10 years old at this point), but still an excellent starting point for understanding the nature and function of pyramids as tombs in ancient Egypt.
From there, I suggest you move directly to any number of more specific, fact-based books on the culture. Understanding the culture helps one to really get a grip on the use of mastabas, pyramids and rock-cut tombs as burial edifices as well. I always suggest a strong foundation in understanding the spirituality of the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom. For that, might I suggest Rosalie David's "Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt", as well as Geraldine Pinch's "Magic in Ancient Egypt". Aidan Dodson gives an excellent overview of the entire culture in his "The Hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt".
You cannot study nor understand pyramids unless you understand the culture that built them. There is so much disinformation out there on Egyptian pyramids that you are really wasting your time by starting with the pyramids and working your way back to the culture.
If you get into it and want an excellent resource on the Giza tombs, I strongly suggest looking at Kent Week's seminal works on the subject. He spent 20 years researching and translating the texts from all the mastaba tombs that surround the pyramids at Giza. If you aren't able to get a copy of that, then an excellent "general substitute" would be Nigel Strudwick's "Texts from the Pyramid Age", written in 2005. What you will find there will probably surprise you in that it shows the real people for who they really were. They weren't a nameless, faceless culture, but individuals with lives, dreams, aspirations and families. They had problems, and they had successes. There is so much factual information from the Old Kingdom that most people who have come to the subject from the "alternative" side are often shocked at the amount we do possess, and often don't even know where to start reading up on the subject. To put it succinctly, you can find out more about the people who built the pyramids from reading the extant texts they left us than you can from perusing a thousand "speculation" books in the New Age section at your book store.
Good luck with your studies.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.