Hermione Wrote:
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> Hans Wrote:
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> > Hermione Wrote:
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> >
> > > Well, we can keep trying ... something else
> > might
> > > turn up at some point (like the Wadi el Jarf
> > > papyri).
> >
> > We can only hope that somewhere in Egypt is the
> > tomb of an overseer or 'construction engineer'
> in
> > modern terms who had his tomb illustrated with
> > plans of the greatest project he worked on....
>
> Well ... Gudea of Lagash (about 400 years later
> than Khufu) had architects' plans on one of his
> statues (Louvre, AO 2) ...
> [en.wikipedia.org]
>
> Presumably, the problem is that there was no
> similar tradition in the OK.

True but the AE were innovating at that time- so who knows. A mad impetuous builder might have done something unique.