keeperzz Wrote:
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> The ventilation hypothesis is very weak. The
> ventilation of the chamber with the help of two
> channels, in theory, can be carried out either (a)
> due to the wind, or (b) due to the existance of
> the pressure difference (natural ventilation).
Stratification of air by temperature would be exceedingly minimal in a massive structure like this making their placement in the room irrelevant. Additionally, for warm air to rise in the shaft it must stay warm but due to the tiny size of the shaft it would quickly assume its temperature and behave accordingly.
Most of the time the air pressure difference between the windward and leeward sides of the pyramid would create a pretty good airflow through the chamber. Since incoming air is warmer during the summer (building season) it would rise and cool stale air at the floor level would be drawn off no matter wind direction.
> Obviously, any bends of the shafts in case (a)
> will be an obstacle for the wind and reduce the
> volume of incoming air, therefore, for wind
> ventilation,...
There is already ample resistance to air flow that I doubt any bends would have much effect. Suffice to say a little more wind is needed to establish airflow. Remember with little airflow there is little resistance imparted by the shape of the shaft.
> ...the most straight horizontal shafts
> will be optimal.
It seems rather apparent these shafts served multiple purposes. Perhaps there was no work related to construction going on in any other pyramid or mastaba so fresh air wasn't needed in them.
> I would like to discuss these options. Maybe
> someone has some new arguments.
> I believe we are dealing with star-geometric
> shafts: the architects of the pyramid took the
> altitudes of the selected stellar targets at their
> culminations as input data and developed a
> geometric design into which the shafts pointing to
> the stars are embded as an integral part.
> It is possible to make significant progress in
> this direction by finding the answer to the
> question why these stellar targets were chosen
> (Sirius, Orion's belt, Kochab and some circumpolar
> star, possibly Thuban), and not any others.
If the king ascended to the stars each night as the builders said then to use these "soul shafts" he'd need a calendar and a cheet sheet. It seem an excessive amount of data to commit to memory.
If there were at least three primary functions of the shafts then eliminating the most important ones before we try to solve it will result in a dead end or bring us full circle right back to the assumptions with which we begin.
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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.