February 26, 2023 09:53AM
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I'm thinking the "little" pyramid is farther back up the slope to make it appear just as tall as great Grandfaather, grandather, at a time when the Old Kingdom was stumbling and couldn't afford to build it to the same scale.
My primary supporting logic is "it is the simplest solution and I believe strongly in "KISS"...
In fact, I believe the pyramids of Giza are the causal reason why the Old Kingdom fell... they had told the general population their benefit for the huge GDP expense was having an in in the afterlife. It began to sink in that wasn't coming true, that it was all about aggrandizement of the Rulers...
The day came when the cutters, carvers, masons, haulers, placers, builders and architects said, in one voice, "screw THIS... build your own damn mountain/tomb/afterlife launcher"
Actually, weren't the Stars the big focus of 1st and 2nd dynasty, and by 4th Dynasty shifting to Solar focus anyway?
Wouldn't that be like building a chain of forts to guard against the French-Indians during WW2?
Jammer
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