Corpuscles Wrote:
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> Hi Doc
>
> Dr. Troglodyte Wrote:
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> >
> > Does your assumption offer an
> explanation
> > for the Great Pyramid’s apparent
> relative
> > position within the context of the progression
> of
> > pyramid design and construction techniques
> > utilized during the course of the Old Kingdom?
> >
>
> Indeed an interesting question?
>
> I was just lurking & reading wondering whether by
> "apparent" which alternative you meant?
>
> adjective
>
> adjective: apparent
>
>
>
> 1. clearly visible or understood; obvious.
> "for no apparent reason she laughed"
>
> synonyms: evident, plain, obvious, clear,
> manifest, visible, discernible, perceptible,
> perceivable, noticeable, detectable, recognizable,
> observable; More
> unmistakable, crystal clear, as clear as crystal,
> transparent, palpable, patent, distinct,
> pronounced, marked, striking, conspicuous, overt,
> blatant, as plain as a pikestaff, staring someone
> in the face, writ large, written all over someone,
> as plain as day, beyond (a) doubt, beyond
> question, self-evident, indisputable;
>
> informal as plain as the nose on one's face,
> standing/sticking out like a sore thumb,
> standing/sticking out a mile
>
> "their relief was all too apparent"
>
> antonyms: unclear, obscure
>
>
>
>
> 2. seeming real or true, but not necessarily
> so
>
>
> "his apparent lack of concern"
>
>
> synonyms: seeming, ostensible, outward,
> superficial, surface, supposed, presumed,
> so-called, alleged, professed, avowed, declared,
> claimed, purported, pretended, feigned; rare
> ostensive
> "his apparent lack of concern"
>
>
>


Hello Corpuscles:

Without the benefit of your source(s), both “1” and “2”; it is left to ‘Open mind’ to make any necessary distinction.


> Also, whether by "the relative position of pyramid
> design and construction" did you mean the massive
> jump attributed to a few squashed intense
> generations from mastaba's to step (Djoser),
> based on a few discovered cartouches with names
> such as three different designs and
> construction techniques in one apparent (alt
> meaning option 2)pharaohs lifetime (Sneferu)
> immediately followed by different techniques
> assumed to belong to the very next generation with
> no "apparent" (meaning 1) basis than a guess?
>


I disagree with your ’assumption(s)’, specifically: “the massive jump attributed to a few squashed intense generations from mastaba's to step (Djoser), based on a few discovered cartouches with names such as three different designs and construction techniques in one apparent (alt meaning option 2)pharaohs lifetime (Sneferu) immediately followed by different techniques assumed to belong to the very next generation with no "apparent" (meaning 1) basis than a guess?”

I do not view the determined efforts of a score of ruling Kings, spanning a half-millennium as a “the massive jump attributed to a few squashed intense generations...”. Nor do I consider the clear incremental evolution of methods, skills and practices as a mere ”guess”.


> Is this your "assumption" that this is progression
> clearly "apparent" (alt meaning 1)?
>
> Cheers


Yes, both “1” and “2”.



Dr. Troglodyte