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"SC: No - that was the job of the pyramid once built. Khafre and Menkaure (and many other Pharaohs) seemed to be quite happy without such a rocky outcrop around which to construct their pyramid so I see no reason why Khufu should be considered any differently. "
jammer's question was"Q: Why did Khufu build his pyramid to the North east corner of Giza? "
WLN: Khafre and Menkaure had nothing to do with it.
SC: No one is talking about Khafre and Menkaure. It's about
building construction and that has EVERYTHING to do with the point I am making here. But you would much rather gloss over that major flaw in your 'singularity' argument, wouldn't you?
Given the choice (and he was), there is absolutely no reason why Khufu should not have chosen the commanding central, high ground of the plateau for the construction of the greatest strcuture in human history. Not only was this central area of the plateau desirable for prestigious reasons, having a natural ramp up to it would have eased construction immeasurably. Khufu's decision to perch his pyramid on the very edge of the northeast corner of the plateau - foresaking all the construction and prestige advantages the central high ground would have afforded him - is completely non-sensical. And no attempt to gloss over that 'madness' will make it any less so.
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WLN: however, Khafre deciding to build beside his father, after the fact,is logical.
SC: Logical only by virtue of the fact that G2 happened to follow G1. What is not at all logical - from a construction POV - is the site Khafre chose for his pyramid:
a) Giza - he was the first King of the 4th Dyn. to co-locate to a specific site. Most unusual.
b) The spot he chose at Giza gave Khafre an inordinate amount of extra construction work by having to level the site and 'shore up' the southeast corner of his pyramid with the construction of a gigantuan megalithic platform. A simple move further west where there was plenty of room would have entirely negated the need for this additional construction burden. What was SO VITAL to the location he chose that should have so compelled Khafre to accept all this additional construction headache? More construction 'madness'.
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WLN: and Menkaure deciding to build beside His father, after the fact, is logical
SC: And logical only by virtue of the fact that G2 was already in place. Again, what is most unusual is that we find another 4th Dyn. pharaoh co-locating to a site. What was so special about Giza where there were already 2 pyramids in place? Menkaure had the choice of ALL Egypt and he chose a place where there were already two other Pharaohs with much larger structures in place that would totally eclipse his own. A simple move to a 'virgin site' would have allowed Menkaure to avoid this. Again, it makes no sense considered from your 'singularity' argument.
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WLN: but there's another quote of yours I'd like to focus on.
SC: I see no reason to divert the debate until we have completed our discussion of the above. When that is done I will be more than happy to return to the other points you wish to dscuss.
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