A look into this pyramids history
– By Robert Madsen, Mason/Constructor –
Let us look at the pyramid as it now appears. The top section of the pyramid contains the original casing stones. Under these blocks, there is a section, where the quarry-men stripped deeper into the pyramid, and it is this visible pyramid-core which is most interesting.
Look. The visible core is the nicely cut blocks of even hight. Is a step pyramid itself.
But compare a core section and to a stripped section below: We see an extra stone-layer, and placed upon an even-stepped pyramid-core.
Indeed, there was added and enlarged with a different new layer of stone, consisting of reused and elder stone-blocks and even natural shaped stones (it is most obvious on sight!).
At the constructional point of view. What is the meaning of this?
Clearly was an outer stone-layer added: it is a mix of square blocks of various size, and placed upon even-sized core-blocks, here the pyramid-core. Was then size of the pyramid changed during construction?
Was size changed after the core was completed, and suddenly was the pyramid made bigger?
It is obvious that the builders could have saved a tremendously amount of man-hours if now the core-pyramid was clothed with casing stones. But no, there was added and enlarged with new kinds of material; the variously sized cut-blocks and even natural shaped stone-blocks, the layer of mixed stones which with casing makes for size and hight to the pyramid.
If we assume that size of the pyramid was changed during construction, then again could a lot of man-hours have been saved, had the extra stone layer been of nicely cut stone and not a mix of differently sized stones.
To add this extra stone-layer and necessary before casing work began was a huge work and it was made more difficult with variously sized stones. Why was this particular material chosen? Was it cheaper not to make new cut-blocks, but instead to find old and reused stone-blocks from surrounding areas, only more man-hours would be needed to build the new layer?
It could be answer to these questions but I present another scenario:
The stepped core was build a long time before enlarging on the core began.
The core we see is an old step pyramid, predating the time of Khafre. It is the elder pyramid and was enlarged by Khafre. It was changed by this pharaoh and transformed into “his own” and greater pyramid, into a sharp-pointed pyramid!
The pyramids did exist in Egypt long before third and fourth dynasties time.
Elder pyramids and predating these dynasties were either demolished or was enlarged anew and made to new pyramids like the Khafre pyramid is.
There are many indications that show the pyramids are predating a first official pyramid builder in Egypt, believed to be the pharaoh Djoser.
Khufu, builder of the great pyramid demolished a great many temples in his time.
Included are to mean, that not only were former temples destroyed but certainly the former pyramids as well (source, Herodotus).
There are the prehistoric Egyptian clay-wares from a time around 4000 to 3500 BC. Many are depicting the pyramids.
See the pyramid on this clay-ware. A male figure show a Ka-arms posture and are a 1000 or more years before time of Khafre.
It is a clear depiction of a ritual scene taking place at the pyramid.
Or we could look to first dynasty pharaohs (section of Palermo Stone).
Here are listings with Den and Djet and the Step Pyramid depicted
There is the label of pharaoh Djet. And depicted are two pyramids with causeways.
The tops on the pyramids seem to sprout. There is the Ka-arms depiction, a building of Serekh. It is symbolical.
The Coffin Text says:
High on the Hight…
Set your arms about this pyramid, as the arms of a Ka…
(That the) Essence may be in it, enduring forever.”
Since the founding of dynastic Egypt were the hieroglyphs in use. The same applies to such hieroglyphs that depict a pyramid and are triangular in form.
Obviously is the picture we get from invention of the hieroglyphs (the dynastic founding around 3200 to 3000 BC) inconsistent with official views: that a first pyramid was the Djoser pyramid. A third dynasties step pyramid.
One could ask: Is this supposed to mean, that first three dynasties did apply triangular-shaped hieroglyphs, but used them as theory-symbol only and were not depicting the actual pyramids?
That only in fourth dynasty realized Sneferu: that an old and triangular-shaped hieroglyph could be made into a real building. A first sharp pointed pyramid?
I don’t think so. The pyramids as the hieroglyphs show were at hand, and are predating the commencement of third and fourth dynasties.
Let me say, I cannot read hieroglyphs as professionals can, but I do take notice of such strange inconsistencies.
Look how the Ka-symbols figure. Apparently is this symbol synonymous with a pyramid!
The Ka-symbol meant the Pyramid in a ritual context and both in prehistoric era as well as in early dynastic time. These very examples; the prehistoric clay-wares, the Coffin text quote and the early dynastic depiction will verify it.
“High on the Hight…
Set your arms about this pyramid, as the arms of a Ka…
(That the) Essence may be in it, enduring forever”
More research into the Khafre pyramid secret continuing in part two.
Source: The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts. By R.O. Faulkner
