I guess I could have made it more clear.... this line of inquiry into G1-d proves the basis of the thread, there are no satisfactory solutions regarding the functional aspect (use, magic) of a pyramid be it huge or very small atop the Giza Plateau. But, to be clear the argument in favor of them as part of a tomb complex is not in dispute, I'm flushing out creative license, the theoretical construct Lehner builds in his statement... "the alchemy" that occurs... "where life and light meet death and darkness" - it's all made up in Lehner's imagination.
With regards to Hawass' paper and P. Der Manuelian, of course its an article, to my knowledge Hawass never published an archaeology field report on G1-d, Dorner fills any many blanks to a point. My opinion of G1-4 being a later build is based on the pyramids smallness, it's non-symmetric location relative to G1, G1- a, b and c and the slanted/inverted walls of the interior... but most of all on the south side of G1, towards the east corner, there are a number of tombs, if I'm not mistaken the tombs belong to high priests of Khufu's mortuary temple complex, and all of them (as a group) are formally aligned with G1's southern base, and are east of the southern boat pit. these tombs were part of the plan. Hawass uses the "Experimental" phase of Khufu's pyramid to explain away G1-d's orphan status.
All of the attributes I have listed convince me G1-d is a tomb that was built either in the first intermediate or middle kingdom eras. No care was given to it's location within Khufu's mortuary complex (not architecturally aligned [yes the slope does match G1's slope]), in my opinion; elites and commoners began to fill (built tombs) within the avenues that separated the original royal mastabas of the eastern field and the western field in the 1st intermediate/middle kingdom. The afterlife value of the location, being so close to Khufu's pyramid, perhaps was the determinative, who knows?
kind regards,
B.A.Hokom
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2023 11:22PM by Pistol.
