Anthony Wrote:
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> MJ Thomas Wrote:
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> >
> > I find your explanation extraordinarily
> flimsy.
>
> I find your objections to be irrational. Yours,
> however, is just an opinion.

Time will tell, Anthony. Time will tell.


> > On the one hand you have a people building a
> > magnificent pyramid complete with the
> awesome
> > Grand Gallery and magnificent King’s Chamber
> (both
> > considered to be remarkable achievements) for
> the
> > final resting place for their king.
>
>
> I don't have that. That's what the evidence
> states.

You're being unnecessarily pedantic.


> > On the other hand you have the selfsame
> people
> > prepared to bury their king in an unfinished
> > chamber that is to have a poor quality
> sarcophagus
> > shoved into it at the very last minute.
>
> You've actually just raised another option. They
> might have put beautiful blocks of granite in the
> SC and the QC before putting the roofs on, and
> when they weren't needed, they were slabbed into
> pieces and used as portcullis doors.
>
> Thanks for the prompting!

Are you being serious here, Anthony?
If not, then you have me worried


> > An odd thought: Sneferu only had one body,
> but
> > that didn’t stop him from building three
> tombs.

> He didn't build three tombs. Did you read what I
> wrote in the thread below to which you responded?

Oh dear, we are being pedantic today, aren't we.
Okay. Let's try, "Sneferu still had three pyramids built - two of which might have ended up as memorials or cenotaphs, blah, blah, blah".



> >
> > It would help matters greatly if you were to
> > explain what these ‘distinct purposes and
> > functions’ were and how the king dying ahead
> of
> > schedule rendered them null and void.
>
>
> I suppose it would. When I get around to it.

Your answer speaks volumes, Anthony.


> > I wrote, ‘Why wasn't a 'contingency' burial
> > chamber built at or close to ground level -
> the
> > most obvious place for such a thing?’
> >
> > You reply, ‘Because there was no need for a
> final
> > chamber at or close to ground level.’
> >
> > Are you saying that the Subterranean Chamber
> > negates the need for a 'contingency' burial
> > chamber at or close to ground level?
>
>
> No, I'm saying the subterranean chamber had a
> purpose in the final design. A ground-level
> chamber would not have had the same purpose and
> thus would not have sufficed.

A purpose known only to your good self, and one that one day you may condescend to tell the world about, no doubt.


> In order to understand the pyramid, one must first
> understand the Egyptians.

I see, so if somebody disagrees with your idea, hypothesis, theory or whatever about Khufu's pyramid it is now because they do not understand the AEs of the 4th Dyn., whereas you do.
Hmmm. This "I know how Khufu's pyramid was built and what its final purpose was" attitude of yours is starting to wear rather thin - the phrase "All spin and no substance" springs to mind here.

MJ