Pistol Wrote:
>
> Member III stratem granite was the strongest on
> the plateau, perfectly suited for G1, perhaps such
> stone existed at or near that level and was
> quarried to level the natural elevation that once
> stood under the pyramid. Theoretically it would
> be hard to imagine that the "hill" or "outcrop" of
> the plateau was not altered to accept the
> structure. There are many ways in which they
> could have raised heavy stone, here's an example:


I think you're confused.

The granite for the Khufu burial chambers came from the quarries at Aswan. There is no indigenous granite anywhere near Giza. It was transported by barge nearly 500 miles to the building site near the sun cult center of Iunu.



Anthony

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/2007 03:09PM by Tommi Huhtamaki.