August 18, 2021 12:17PM
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Hans Wrote:
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> cladking Wrote:
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> > cladking Wrote:
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> > It is simply illogical to dismiss all the
> physical characteristics of the pyramid, its
> surrounding, and the culture as evidence only of
> magic and religion.
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> So, how does this apply to Khafre's pyramid which
> has no shafts?
Apparently G1 was the only pyramid they built in this manner. It's likely the exact same method of lifting stones was used on every great pyramid and some or most of the larger mastabas but only in G1 was the weight that operated the counterweights lifted on the inside of the pyramid. It would seem they did it this way so the workers could work in a nice cool environment outside of the hot sun. The method might not have been worth all the extra work so was not used on G2 directly. I believe most of the work was done by mother nature and it required few people and little effort to build any great pyramid. Lifting in the grand gallery might have been principally for the purpose of improving the efficiency of the method used and to reduce the enormous amount of rigging needed to lift the 2 1/2 million stones. After completion the usage of men lifting weights on the inside was simply deemed to be more trouble than it was worth. Even though it made most of the construction jobs sit down jobs it did require extra planning and work to do the construction in this way.
Why would the king not need a soul shaft in G2?
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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.
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