fmetrol Wrote:
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> " ..... the pyramid was not just a tomb, but that
> it had evolved into the site of a mystery that
> allowed the dead king to unite with the ba of the
> sun god" - Arnold
>
> ... the pyramid, this mountain, was loaded with
> life-forming-energy; the place where the nether
> and the upper worlds communicated." - Piankoff
>
> The body is important, the mystery important, but
> what happens after comunication is complete? Does
> the body remain in the pyramid or is it taken
> away and buried.somewhere else?
It must remain. Revivification is a constant, daily process. It wasn't until some time in the New Kingdom that people started doing symbolic initial burials with later transfers to permanent tombs. That was an aberration, not a regular tradition.
>
> The last time I heard Zahi was still looking for
> Khufu's resting place.
Ever the showman...
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.