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11:48-12.29 ... to Egypt, and then I found
> myself for the first time, in 1989, actually,
> confronted by the majesty of the Great Pyramid,
> and the mystery of it. And I was stunned - I was
> just awe-struck by this enormous, incredibly
> precise, beautiful thing; and I immediately wanted
> to find out what are archaeologists saying about
> it; and I found that same kind of very narrow,
> very limited focus, in the archaeological
> accounts; that they insist that it, that the Great
> Pyramid was built as the tomb for a specific
> pharaoh: when in fact there's no evidence that it
> was built as a tomb for a specific pharaoh. In
> fact, there's 100 plus pyramids in Egypt, and no
> body of any pharaoh has ever been found in any one
> of them (
> [www.youtube.com]
> ) .

>
> << there's no evidence that it was built as a
> tomb for a specific pharaoh >>
>
> But this point has been raised and answered time
> after time over the years: frequently on Mr.
> Hancock's very own website (has he never seen
> these discussions?):
>
> - for instance, this post -
> [grahamhancock.com],
> urging the importance of context when considering
> the Great Pyramid;
>
> - this one:
> [grahamhancock.com]:
> "the Egyptians themselves left record of their
> looting and in those accounts describe what was
> commonly known about the function of these
> monuments";
>
> - this one:
> [grahamhancock.com]:
>
> << > What solid proof do we have that
> e have that the pyramids were used as tombs?
>
> << All pyramids were robbed but in a
> d but in a number of them there were still remains
> of the original burial goods and human remains. In
> those that were picked clean of burial goods, we
> still find in
> most cases the sarcophagus (and a canopic chest /
> / space).
>
> The same post also mentions finds in:
>
> - Neferefre (Abusir): fragments of 4 alabaster
> canopic jars, alabaster containers for models of
> offerings and parts of the ruler's mummy.
>
> - Djedkare (Saqqara): shards of broken vessels
> were found in the vestibule, in the burial chamber
> fragments of alabaster canopic jars and remains of
> the king's mummy.
>
> - Unas (Saqqara): couple fragments of a mummy:
> Parts of a right arm, skull and shinbone were
> found (no C14 dating). In the serdab wooden
> handles of two small knives used during ceremony
> of the opening of the mouth.
>
> - Teti (Saqqara) Blackened remains of an arm and
> shoulder (no C14 dating), a fragment of a small
> alabaster tablet bearing the names of the
> so-called seven sacred oils ...
>
> Etc. etc.
>
>
> From elswhere on the Web, this blog:
>
> [web.archive.org]
> -
>
> << Among many in the fringe camp, the Great
> at Pyramid is stated emphatically not to have been
> a tomb. Fringe adherents will put forth numerous
> examples for why this is so, but such arguments
> also fall in the face of scrutiny. One of the
> chief problems with the fringe position is the
> tendency to pull the Great Pyramid out of context,
> as though it somehow stands alone, unrelated, in
> the span and breadth of pharaonic Egypt. This
> dooms the fringe stance from the start ...
>
> ...
>
> << As mentioned, also questioned by the fringe
> ge is the fact that the Great Pyramid was erected
> for King Khufu, in Dynasty 4 (conventionally
> spanning 2597-2471 BCE). Khufu is believed to have
> reigned between 2547 to 2524 BCE. The carbon
> dating might be telling us he lived somewhat
> earlier, but the fringe camp argues that the Great
> Pyramid bears no inscriptions proving the pyramid
> was built for Khufu. This is incorrect. There is
> ample graffiti in the sets of relieving chambers
> above the King’s Chamber that prove the Great
> Pyramid was built for Khufu. >>
>
> (For more on this point, see
> [oi.uchicago.edu],
> pg. 126 onwards.)
>
> One example from here on Ma'at:
> [www.maatforum.com]:
>
> << The GPs function is to be the tomb and monument
> to Khufu, a great big Khufu was here! To echo down
> through the ages. That is why there is a
> sarcophagus in the sole finished chamber. That is
> why is is surrounded by the small pyramids and
> mastaba tombs of his wives, family and court. >>
>
> One final point:
>
> At about 05:00 in the video, Graham Hancock says
> that "this is the first time that a
> thoroughly-researched alternative view of
> pre-history has been presented on a major
> platform" ...
>
> Clearly, viewers (and readers) will have to make
> up their own minds about the thoroughness of Mr.
> Hancock's research.

Excellent review of the evidence and I would add not to forget the Goyon-Grinsell mark found on the outside core stones.

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