Update on the Great Pyramid’s Secret Chamber
Brier, who co-authored the book The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man’s Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Mystery, had previously stated that he is 70% sure they will find the internal ramp suggested by Houdin’s theory. With the latest evidence it looks like he is even more convinced. Speaking of the latest findings Brier writes:
… close examination of the photos and high-definition video revealed several important details about the L-shaped chamber. Some of the stones supporting the ceiling were cut into partial arches, and one block was clearly set in place as a keystone to complete the ceiling. This indicates that the room was planned and built, and is not simply the result of stones being taken away (they couldn’t have been removed via the existing 18-inch-wide crevice in any event). Finally, mortar between the blocks that seem to seal off the ramp extrudes into the chamber as would be the case if the blocks were pushed into the chamber from the ramp below. If nothing else, these details strongly suggest the chamber is from the time of the pyramid’s construction, and they fit in perfectly with the internal ramp theory.
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Looking good for this theory, at last I think we are getting somewhere
It certainly does seem a lot more credible with this latest evidence.
What I can’t understand is the following;
Why does it take years to just put a battery operated Infrared camera in your pocket (so to speak) and climb up to this notch an take the necessary IR video?
Brier has already been there once or twice, has he not?
Does he need an approval for this 1 hour walk?
This is more strange to me than Houdin’s theory, to be honest.
From these results, I guess some further investigations could be planned, like endoscope, etc.
Maybe some big money or integrities to be overcome is involved?
Infrared doesn’t penetrate stone so there wouldn’t be much to be gained from infrared photographs or video of the chamber. An endoscope would most likely be the least desctructive and most effective in determining if there is more evidence to supprt Houdin’s internal ramp theory. Yes, Brier, like anyone else, would need approval to climb the face of the pyramid legally. There is always a lot of red tape and policy surrounding any investigation into the pyramid, or any monuments of antiquity for that matter. It took nine years after Gantenbrinks discovery of the ‘door’ in the queen’s chamber southern shaft before a small hole was drilled to determine what was behind it, and so I suspect it may be a long time before we see any movement forward on the ‘Houdin chamber’.
I suspect that part of the reason that Houdin has been having trouble getting permission to do the infrared survey is that he is an outsider how may upset a few apple carts. I honestly don’t know if he’s right or not. But the only way to really find out is to do some sort of testing on site. Perhaps Antiquities Commission should allow either drilling through the walls of the notch or ground penetrating radar to be used to survey the entire structure. Because no matter how the Egyptians did it the large pyramids in the Nile valley rank as one of the most impressive accomplishments any society has ever achieved not only for their engineering but also for their achievement of organizing such a task. Whether the theory is right or wrong is not the point. The point is no individuals reputation should be bigger than the truth.
Well, no destructive method is necessary. Bob and Houdin already submitted a proposal on how to do it. Nobody needs to touch or climb the great pyramid even. A SUV fitted with infra-red (Or whatever)camera is enough to do the job in 24 hours. So Hawass’s fear that giving everyone who came up with a fringe theory a chance to verify their claim would ruin the pyramid doesn’t hold up in this case.
The main issue is revenue from tourism, publishing houses and media. If ‘secret’ of the great pyramid is revealed so soon, its a lose-lose situation for everybody from Egyptologist to pyramidiots alike. I suspect Hawass knows the existence of the internal ramp and the location of Khufu’s burial place very well, he is just going slow. (He’s already left a note there in case he dies and someone else take the credit!)
I had a thought while viewing some of the drawings of the various theories. I think that the 3 chamber, the lower, queens and kings chambers were progressive just like the construction. In other words the built these chambers just in case Khufu died suddenly, they started on the first and the king didn’t die so they built a little taller, and then the queens chamber. Then again because old man Khufu was still kicking they built the final chamber, and finished. Just a thought