MJ Thomas Wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> Ronald writes, 'Some aesthetic reason' ?
> Improbable, after all, the chambers are not
> visible.'
>
> It is not beyond reasonable speculation that the
> architect found this number of 'relieving'
> chambers aesthetically pleasing even though he
> knew that they would not be visible to anybody,
> but now I think about it it is probably unlikely.
>
> I am now thinking that perhaps his choice of
> number (5) had more to do with something
> magical/religious than something practical.
Why does the QC (most probably) doesn't have such 'relieving chambers' then ? If the QC at first was meant to be the actual burial chamber (in case Khufu had passed away), why doesn't it bear such chambers ?
I said that maybe the GP was not sufficiently pre-planned, but for the same money, the architects knew very well that, because of a pre-planned GG and a pre-planned height of the KC, the gables hàd to be elevated, to avoid damage.
>
> However, and as Jon rightly says: "... there's a
> danger is analysing the relieving chambers from
> our modern perspective. We don't know what the
> Egyptian's understanding of thrust and strain
> relieving was."
>
> But I am far, far from convinced that these
> 'relieving' chambers had anything to do with the
> south end of the Grand Gallery.
> My money is definitely on a cracked ceiling beam
> not being replaced.
>
> I have a feeling that the mortar seen daubed
> across the cracks in the KC ceiling and elsewhere
> are evidence of patching up during the Pyramid's
> construction.
> But more on this later - my dinner is calling me
> and at the same time rapidly cooling ...
>
> Very quickly ...
> Ronald writes, '... perhaps that the detailed in
> advance planning of the pyramid was not so
> detailed after all.'
>
> As I've mentioned a few times in recent posts, I
> am not an engineer.
> Despite this I would imagine that some adjustments
> were made to the plans as work progressed and
> unforseen practical problems reared their ugly
> heads.
Yes, that is far from impossible in such undertakings.
Ronald.
> Many was the time in my DIY days when what I
> planned and what could be done were not always
> exactly the same.
>
> Regards to all,
>
> MJ
