"Unless the enclosure wall was over 55 feet high, anybody entering or leaving the Pyramid would have been easily spotted. "

again I ask..by whom??

and you are completely forgetting Nighttime.

work with me here a little man. Obviously if I believe the tomb was robbed. I believe they got away with it.

"Unless somebody can show me a plausible explanation for how Khufu's pyramid could have been robbed whilst it was seen as sacred (and presumably therefore protected) I'm staying with the idea that it was first broken into by the people responsible for the tunnel in the north face.
As this tunnel could not have been excavated without official sanction, I'm minded that the earliest date for its appearance is around 2100BC (the status of the Pyramid having dropped somewhat by then). "

a number of people have offered scenarios that allow for some people's greed to have outweighed the sacriledge. My only defence for this notion is the variables of the human race .

to my thinking the idea that the tomb was robbed by the Powers that be is far more unlikely than it being robbed by anyone else.

tho 2100 BC works for me either way. as you point out..by that time most of the security would be focused on more recent tombs.

which brings up another point..at the time of Khufu there were allready COUNTLESS Royal Tombs. Just how much security can we expect them to have had?


Warwick


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Warwick L Nixon, March 8, 2019