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> > > > > > > Audrey Wrote:
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> > > > > > > > Even if every mastaba were
> originally
> > a
> > > > > tomb,
> > > > > > > how
> > > > > > > > would that show that the pyramids
> > were
> > > > > tombs?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The pyramid evolved from the mastaba;
> > > > > Djoser's
> > > > > > > original mastaba evolved into a
> stepped
> > > > > mastaba
> > > > > > > and then with Sekhemkhet a square
> > > grounplan
> > > > > was
> > > > > > > used thus creating the first step
> > > pyramid.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That's a neat hypothesis, now how are
> you
> > > > going
> > > > > to
> > > > > > prove it?
> > > > >
> > > > > Not a hypothesis, just a statement of
> > facts.
> > > >
> > > > Djoser's pyramid was converted from a
> > mastaba.
> > > > The great pyramids were not converted from
> a
> > > > mastaba.
> > > > The great pyramids are very unlike Djosers
> > > > pyramid.
> > > > You're confusing evolution with conversion.
> > > > Therefore the notion of pyramid by pyramid
> > > > evolution is an unproven hypothesis and not
> a
> > > fact
> > > > or proven theory.
> > > > How are you going to prove that hypothesis?
> > >
> > > If by great pyramids you mean those of the
> 4th
> > > dyn, they are just another step in pyramid
> > > evolution.
> > > The Medum pyramid complex is the link between
> > the
> > > step pyramid complex and the "true" pyramid
> > > complex.
> > > The pyramid of Medum was originally a step
> > pyramid
> > > but the other parts of the complex were
> > something
> > > new, a blueprint if you like for all that
> > followed
> > > untill the end of the OK; cult pyramid
> (first
> > one
> > > ever, but a stepped one; only one of it's
> kind
> > ),
> > > funerary chapel (evolved into temple),
> causway,
> > > valley temple.
> > > Don't forget that this step pyramid was
> > converted
> > > into a "true" pyramid.
> >
> > Some questions:
> >
> > First: Why do you think the Meidum inner
> stepped
> > 'cores' were smoothed with casing stones and
> then
> > additonal casing stones added to convert to a
> true
> > pyramid?
>
> Sneferu wanted a true pyramid,

Yes, you read that opinion in a hundred or more books, didn't you. All those books regurgitating the same tired old OPINION. Opinion ISN'T fact, Charly, no matter how much you wish it to be so. What PROOF can you present that Sneferu's goal was to build a true pyramid? Why isn't it just as possible that Sneferu desired to build as many pyramids in his lifetime as he possibly could (as part of a national recovery system for the kingdom)?

after the problems
> with the Bent the conversion at Meidum started
> etc.

So "after the problems with the Bent" why did Sneferu continue to build it long after these problems were identified? Why not stop building at the point the problem of too steep a slope became apparent, re-use the blocks from the Bent to help in the conversion of Meidum and the new construction of the Red? This suggests to me that Sneferu continued to build the Bent long after the problem of the slope became obvious because he simply didn't give a hoot about building a true pyramid.

As you well know you can find this in most
> works about pyramids.
>

And as well you know, it is all just Egyptological OPINION often presented as FACT. You really need to learn the difference.

> > Second: Why do you think the core stepped
> > footprint of Meidum was constructed on solid
> > bedrock but the added casing to convert t to a
> > true pyramid was built on sand (hence why this
> > part collapsed)?
>
> Collapse occured centuries later as you probably
> know.
>

Indeed. And the core STILL stands over 4,000 years later. Like I said--one builder knew what they were doing, the other didn't.

> > It strongly suggests to me that there were two
> > quite different builders involved. One who
> > understood and knew how to build a secure
> > structure i.e. on a solid foundation and one
> who
> > was quite ignorant of such. I'd be interested
> to
> > hear your view.
> >
> > SC
>
> It suggest Sneferu wanted a true pyramid at all
> costs, no need for two different builders.

No. It suggests Sneferu was adapting an existing monument and didn't have the experience at that point to do it correctly, hence the collapse of the conversion HE built.

Give the books a rest Charly and try thinking for yourself. The proof you claim to be all around that the pyramids were conceived as tombs is only in your imagination I'm afraid. If you cannot see that simple truth then there is little I or anyone else can do to help you see it.

SC



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07-Jan-18 10:13 by Scott Creighton.