Clive wrote "Who is quoting who?"

"During the years 1952 to 1958 the very fine voluminous work, Manuel de'Archéologie Égyptienne, by the eminent French Egyptologist, Professor Jaques Vandier, was published in Paris. Professor Vandier is Conservateur in Chief of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities in the Louvre, Paris. In his second volume he gives his observations at the Great Pyramid and inter alia he narrates a most interesting find of some fragmentary blocks of casing stones just a little way down from the Pyramid's summit." (Adam Rutherford "Pyramidology Vol IV p.1295)

"Several blocks of the first course of the casing are still in situ and some of them are still intact or almost so. Vandier states that some fragmentary blocks are to be seen a little way down from the actual summit." (Maragioglio & Rinaldi "L'Architettura Delle Piramidi Menfite" Vol IV p.16)


Clive wrote

"The small eastern pyramids have the identical white angular limestone casing at their base. Most has been removed, but sufficient remains to prove that a single layer of white casing was set in place for each of the three. "

I'm not clear what you are saying here. Are you claiming that the small pyramids only had one course of casing as well? If you are that's clearly wrong as a quick look at my photos shows up to five courses in some places still in situ.

Clive wrote

"The builders set only the first layer of base stones in place to provide us with two distinct sets of measures"

The height of the casing stones on the North face is exceptional. Up to three courses of smaller stones remain on the West face. On the East face some casing stones remain but very eroded. One group are the same height as the Northern ones and I can't tell from my photo if there is the eroded remains of another stone on top. I'll be checking next month.

Jon

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