Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

In volume 62, the latest issue of Archaeology Magazine, is an article by Bob Brier about his investigative adventure into a hidden chamber to find support for Jean-Pierre Houdin’s theory of how the Great pyramid was built with an internal spiral ramp.

The chamber is located about 270 feet high on the edge of the north and east sides of the pyramid. Brier investigated this chamber and found evidence that rather than being the result of stone robbers, it appears to be an intentionally constructed chamber.

Could this be one of the pivot points, one of the the corners of the giant internal ramp suggested by Houdin’s theory?

Bob Brier investigates:

I had expected the floor of the notch to be flat, but it was quite uneven. Still, it was about 18 feet at its widest–plenty of room for turning blocks. I took photographs of everything Jean-Pierre had requested, then made measurements so he would have the dimensions for later analysis. The big surprise was that at the back of the notch there was a crevice about 18 inches wide and five feet high. As I peered in, I could see what looked like a small room formed of rough blocks. I slipped in and was greeted by the date “1845″ painted in black ink on one of the blocks (the rest of the graffiti is illegible). This wasn’t virgin territory, but it was still interesting, and I had never seen it mentioned in the pyramid literature. It was a fairly large L-shaped space, with each branch about 11 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 8 feet high. It wasn’t the internal ramp, but what was a room like this doing so high up on the pyramid?

Read the full article at Archaeology.org

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Update on the Great Pyramid’s Secret Chamber
Brier on the Spiral Ramp Inside the Pyramid
Secret Passages in the Great Pyramid
More Evidence of Secret Passages in the GP
Secret Chamber Discovered in the Great Pyramid
How Were the Egyptian Pyramids Built? – Part 5 – Houdin’s Internal Ramp

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