Hermione Wrote:
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> Since the early 1980s, there have been numerous
> accusations that the English antiquarian, Col.
> Howard Vyse, was responsible for forging the
> cartouche name of Khufu (as part of an aper or
> crew-name) inside the Great Pyramid.
>
> But recent evidence has come to light of further
> examples of aper names incorporating the cartouche
> name of Khufu (e.g. Tallet 2017: 13) in the
> logbook of Merer (found near the ancient port of
> Wadi el-Jarf), and also in the second boat pit at
> the foot of the Great Pyramid. These examples
> apparently present a consistent picture, both of
> practice and attribution, of the use of crew-names
> incorporating the same cartouche name recorded by
> Howard Vyse in the relieving chambers.
>
> Nevertheless, it continues to be argued in some
> quarters that, despite this more recent evidence,
> Vyse might still have committed forgery ... The
> question is: how does the presence of aper names
> (with the cartouche of Khufu) in such locations as
> the core-blocks demonstrate the authenticity of
> the names in the relieving chambers?

The endless tyranny of 'possibility'.