waggy Wrote:
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> Fantastic news.
> Its definitely a utilitarian looking space,
> remains me of the pent construction corridor
> inside Neferirkare pyramid. Here they seem to have
> have made a utilitarian construction corridor with
> pent beams to enable the workers to continue with
> the superstructure whilst internal construction
> continued. Then as they worked on the substructure
> from the inside out, they built the horizontal
> passage in fine limestone inside the construction
> corridor.
> Clearly this case is not the same inside Khufu's,
> and its difficult to understand its function here,
> especially if its only some 10m long. Of course
> the corridor might extend further south, but was
> filled with masonry after it fulfilled its
> function, and thus the scans would not detect the
> rest of the corridor.
> Given its level it would seem to intercept near
> the bottom of the grand gallery if it continued
> further south. Maybe it was a construction gap
> that could allow workers and material access, and
> at the same time double up as a weight relieving
> feature over the descending passage below. Maybe
> the void above the grand gallery is another pent
> beam construction to relieve weight from the grand
> gallery.
> So many permutations and so little data, lets hope
> we don't have to wait too long before they enter
> this space and obtain more data.

It is puzzling which is why I've always held to the idea that Khufu was a religious nut.deranged and kept changing his mind about what he wanted. Compare the GP to Khufu's which was simple versus the nutty design....