'Was the Bent form intentional or was it a fudge job as Monnier proposes? And perhaps most interesting, what is the theoretical slope of the Red?'

Hi Robin

You will probably gather from my work, that l see the structure as intentional rather than a series of failures. In my 'curious case of the 60 degree pyramid paper' l suggest the illusory truth effect as the best explanation for the accepted theory for the Bent pyramid; largely off limits for such a long time, the exploration of the structure is derisory. To me the greatest mystery is how Egyptology can be so certain of its position, when the structure has so clearly not been examined.

As a layman looking into the world of Egyptology, a pattern seems to emerge were theories are sort of decided by consensus and not so much by scientific analysis. In the Bent pyramid, from the earliest days, failure has been mooted to explain its form, and has been added to over the generations. Our failure to thoroughly explore the structure, is l feel an insult to the great achievement of the ancient Egyptians, they deserve much more respect. The default position of Egyptology when they dont understand features of the pyramids, is often to find fault with the builders, changes of plans etc; we only have to look at the history of the GP, so see the about turn of views, this is largely due to a more thorough exploration of the structure.

However in the case of the Bent, we are still largely in victorian times, we have learned little more than from Perrings day. I am not saying my view is correct, but l would ask Egyptology to use scientific method to prove their position, l am only asking for what Petrie said when he first cast doubt on the settlement of the passage, and that is scrutiny. By scrutiny l mean an interdisciplinary team, structural engineers, geologists etc to forensically examine the structure; though the chances of such a thing happening are slim, Egyptology has made its consensus. Until such work is done, the question of intentional versus failure will remain open; it might take decades before the thorough exploration is done, and sadly l doubt l will be alive to hear the result.