As you may know, I have been attempting to deduce where and how the AE climbed up to reach the level of the Grand Gallery.
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"The Queen's Chamber and size relationship to the Grand Gallery. Curious corbelled niche of unknown function."
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Ref: [www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk]
The chamber itself is made entirely of beautifully finished limestone blocks with a gabled ceiling. It sits on the twenty-fifth course of masonry on the pyramids east-west axis. The walls are bare and uninscribed, but there is a niche in the east wall about four and a half meters up from the floor. The niche also has a corbel ceiling. It is possible that a statue of the king or his ka (soul) might have stood in the niche, but this is pure speculation. Lehner argues that the Queen's Chamber would have been sealed off, transforming it into a Serdab (a room for the king's spiritual soul or Ka as found in many pyramids and in Djoser´s Step Pyramid Complex).
The shaft is 17' long. The 2.69' x 2.53' shaft has never been explored beyond that point.
Ref: [www.drhawass.com]
My best guess, is that they entered here, as shown in these pictures.
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Now, why would they block off that entrance? There may be additional rooms that open from this
passageway? At one time, the Grand Gallery was also blocked off.... This would only be consistent with what they did. The AE designer(s) held simplicity and symmetry in high regard.
In this picture notice the two tunnel sections leading away from the end of the Corbelled structure.
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They arrived at work, and the Temple was a staging area. A straight line is always the shortest route.
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We really don't know what's behind the end of the tunnel. The tunnel is 17 feet long, which needs to be core drilled.
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[grahamhancock.com]
"The Queen's Chamber and size relationship to the Grand Gallery. Curious corbelled niche of unknown function."
Ref: [www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk]
The chamber itself is made entirely of beautifully finished limestone blocks with a gabled ceiling. It sits on the twenty-fifth course of masonry on the pyramids east-west axis. The walls are bare and uninscribed, but there is a niche in the east wall about four and a half meters up from the floor. The niche also has a corbel ceiling. It is possible that a statue of the king or his ka (soul) might have stood in the niche, but this is pure speculation. Lehner argues that the Queen's Chamber would have been sealed off, transforming it into a Serdab (a room for the king's spiritual soul or Ka as found in many pyramids and in Djoser´s Step Pyramid Complex).
The shaft is 17' long. The 2.69' x 2.53' shaft has never been explored beyond that point.
Ref: [www.drhawass.com]
My best guess, is that they entered here, as shown in these pictures.
Now, why would they block off that entrance? There may be additional rooms that open from this
passageway? At one time, the Grand Gallery was also blocked off.... This would only be consistent with what they did. The AE designer(s) held simplicity and symmetry in high regard.
In this picture notice the two tunnel sections leading away from the end of the Corbelled structure.
They arrived at work, and the Temple was a staging area. A straight line is always the shortest route.
We really don't know what's behind the end of the tunnel. The tunnel is 17 feet long, which needs to be core drilled.
