December 20, 2007 07:08PM
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cladking Wrote:
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> >The Grotto was completely insignificant to the
> planning of the structure. In fact, it may
> >have been hit by accident while digging the
> escape shaft from the Grand Gallery.
>
>
> There would seem absolutely no realistic chance
> that this could be the case. There was a preex-
> isting structure of some sort judging by the fact
> that there is cylindrical "silo" sort of path for
> the "workmen's escape route" through the grotto.
I'm not sure how a tunnel through the grotto means they didn't accidentally find the grotto while tunneling through the grotto.
>
>
> The fact that a tortuous path might wend through
> the courses of the pyramid to emerge near the
> cen-
> ter of the grotto also implies that were this in-
> advertant that at least the odds were stacked
> against
> it.
Tortuous?
I don't think so. It's two dimensional, based on the centerline (E/W) of the pyramid, and run in whole cubit ratios from top to bottom.
> This would have been an inappropriate place
> to
> build a weighty structure if everywhere you shook
> a
> stick you hit a natural cavern.
They hit one cavern. Clearly, if they knew in advance of building on the site that there were caverns underneath, they probably wouldn't have built there. You may have just debunked your own claim.
>
> I never tire of mentioning that the natural
> fissure
> in the grotto appears to be 7 cubits across and
> that
> the well in it is about 3 cubits.
So now you're saying the grotto is artificial.
Make up your mind.
>
> No matter how these structures were built location
>
> and availabilty of supplies would be critical to
> site
> planning. Labor and supplies had to be marshaled
>
> so that they could be brought to bear on the
> task.
Which is why the pyramid was built next to the quarry and the Nile.
>
> The pyramid had to be workable and had to serve
> what-
> ever functions were expected of it and one of
> these
> was, most probably, to be impressive.
But not necessarily primarily impressive to people. This culture had a very different view of things than we do.
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
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