MJ Thomas Wrote:
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> There is no need to be puzzled, Anthony.
>
> From the north wall of the Grand Gallery to the
> Great Step there is a total 27 holes in the
> ramps.
> They are spaced along the tops of the ramps from
> roughly 42” to 48” apart (see Smyth).
> The three granite blocks are an average 60” long.
> All that is needed is for the wooden beams to be
> located at every other hole. 
>


You don't see the problem with that?




> If blocks were stored on the floor of the Gallery,
> then something was needed to keep them in place,
> and what better than a thick beam of wood fixed
> across the width of the Gallery from wall to wall
> and resting on the top of the ramps?


No problem at all... except why carve 27 holes on each side when only 13 on each side were needed?

And why, pray tell, put one at the very bottom of the ramps, where it intersects the north wall?

And why, pray tell, put one up on the top of the Great Step, just outside the portcullis?


The idea falls apart on close inspection... which is why I'm puzzled that others who have closely examined the Grand Gallery didn't realize this sooner. I did, almost immediately.

Anthony

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.