Clive Wrote:
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> MJ:
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> Fact...there has never been a pyramid constructed
> by Egyptians from the 1-4th dynasty that
> collapsed...including Meidium.

Hello Clive,

I didn't say anything about a pyramid collapsing.
Sneferu could have rejected Meidum for a whole variety of reasons and none of them need have anything to do with the structure itself.


> The bend in the Bent pyramid is by design.

My understanding of this pyramid is that had it been built entirely at 55 degs it would have been in quite serious danger of collapsing.
I refer you to Lehner's comments on this (see: The Complete Pyramids 1997. page 102)
Without the original plans there is no way of telling (from the structure alone) what was intended.
The most we can hope for is a plausible hypothesis explaining the 'bend'.
Unless and until somebody gives me a plausible reason to do otherwise I am sticking with Lehner's view.

> Discard the old theories taught/published by the
> “old school”, apply what you have learned in the
> last 20+ years...then you will discover why.

Hmm, not at all sure about this.
A hypothesis is sound or it isn't.
I'm not discarding anything on grounds of age or authorship.

Regards,

MJ