Anthony Wrote:
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> It starts with a Forward by Chris Dunn (yellow
> alert)

Well: strictly speaking, it was actually a Preface by Chris Dunn, and a Foreword by Patrick Flanagan ...

> then goes on to suggest Hawass’s ludicrous
> count of 750,000 blocks is the most current.

What DeSalvo actually says (2) is:

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(Recent quarry evidence indicates that
there may only be about 750,000 blocks and which weigh between ½
to 2 tons).

He doesn't give a source, though.

Sourcebook was published in 2003; so after Sakovich, A.P. 2002. “Counting the Stones.” KMT 13 (3): 53-57. ( Pyramid Quest, published in 2005, has a section discussing the numbers of blocks in the GP - [books.google.co.uk].) I can't remember the date of Hawass' publication on the 2,300,000 blocks, but apparently that finding was originally made by Petrie.

>
> Do I have to read any further?

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